Intel Xeon Silver 4216 vs W-2155

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Combined performance score

Xeon W-2155
13.68
+1.9%

W-2155 outperforms Silver 4216 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking473494
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money20.888.20
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date29 August 2017 (6 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,440$1,002
Current price$430 (0.3x MSRP)$1616 (1.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-2155 has 155% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4216.

Technical specs

Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads2032
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)1 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)16 MB
L3 cache13.75 MB (shared)22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature68 °C79 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)68 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size512 GB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth85.3 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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.

Xeon W-2155 13.68
+1.9%
Xeon Silver 4216 13.42

W-2155 outperforms Silver 4216 by 2% in our combined 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%

Xeon W-2155 21019
+2%
Xeon Silver 4216 20613

W-2155 outperforms Silver 4216 by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon W-2155 1344
+33.7%
Xeon Silver 4216 1005

W-2155 outperforms Silver 4216 by 34% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon W-2155 8517
+10.9%
Xeon Silver 4216 7680

W-2155 outperforms Silver 4216 by 11% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 13.68 13.42
Recency 29 August 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 10 16
Threads 20 32
Cost $1440 $1002
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 100 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Silver 4216. The differences in performance seem too small.


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