Xeon Platinum 8124 vs W-2175

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking483not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.75no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency9.94no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date15 October 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$1,947no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads2836
Base clock speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2530
L1 cache64K (per core)1.125 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)18 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB (shared)24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)66 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
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-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size512 GB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 18
Threads 28 36
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 240 Watt

Xeon W-2175 has 71.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8124, on the other hand, has 28.6% more physical cores and 28.6% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2175 and Xeon Platinum 8124. We've got no test results to judge.


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