Xeon Platinum 8180 vs W-2145

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	688	210
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.39	1.94
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon W	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	7.69	11.06
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	29 August 2017 (7 years ago)	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,113	$10,009

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-2145 has 281% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8180.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180 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)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	16	56
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	37	25
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	11 MB (shared)	38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	484 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180 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)	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	Socket R4	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-

Security technologies

Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	512 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2145 and Xeon Platinum 8180.

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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	11.44	24.09
Recency	29 August 2017	11 July 2017
Physical cores	8	28
Threads	16	56
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	205 Watt

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