Intel Xeon Gold 5317 vs W-2191B

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Combined performance score

Xeon W-2191B
18.75
+5.2%

W-2191B outperforms Gold 5317 by 5% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking273303
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data29.37
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Wno data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date21 December 2017 (6 years old)6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Current priceno data$930
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads3624
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)66 °C84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317 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)2
Socket2066FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size512 GB6 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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-2191B 18.75
+5.2%
Xeon Gold 5317 17.83

W-2191B outperforms Gold 5317 by 5% 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-2191B 28803
+5.2%
Xeon Gold 5317 27387

W-2191B outperforms Gold 5317 by 5% 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-2191B 1210
Xeon Gold 5317 1260
+4.1%

Gold 5317 outperforms W-2191B by 4% 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-2191B 9413
Xeon Gold 5317 9808
+4.2%

Gold 5317 outperforms W-2191B by 4% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 18.75 17.83
Recency 21 December 2017 6 April 2021
Physical cores 18 12
Threads 36 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 150 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2191B and Xeon Gold 5317. The differences in performance seem too small.


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