Xeon Gold 5120 vs W-2140B
Aggregated performance score
Gold 5120 outperforms W-2140B by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 624 | 612 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | no data | 15.48 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon W | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 5 June 2017 (6 years old) | 11 July 2017 (6 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,555 |
| Current price | no data | $419 (0.3x MSRP) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Technical specs
Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 28 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus support | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 896 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| L3 cache | 11 MB (shared) | 19.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 484 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 81 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 70 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | 2066 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 512 GB | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 85.33 GB/s | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Gold 5120 outperforms W-2140B by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Gold 5120 outperforms W-2140B by 2% in Passmark.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 11.18 | 11.44 |
| Recency | 5 June 2017 | 11 July 2017 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 14 |
| Threads | 16 | 28 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 105 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120. The differences in performance seem too small.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Gold 5120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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