Xeon Silver 4314 vs W-2195

Place in the ranking	348	325
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.13	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon W	no data
Power efficiency	11.92	12.78
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	29 September 2017 (7 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,553	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	36	32
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	86 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314 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)	2
Socket	Socket R4	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314. 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	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	512 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	64

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-2195 17.63

Xeon Silver 4314 18.23
+3.4%

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.

Xeon W-2195 28002

Xeon Silver 4314 28954
+3.4%

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.

Xeon W-2195 1325
+3.1%

Xeon Silver 4314 1285

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.

Xeon W-2195 9760
+5.6%

Xeon Silver 4314 9243

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.63	18.23
Recency	29 September 2017	6 April 2021
Physical cores	18	16
Threads	36	32
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	135 Watt

Xeon W-2195 has 12.5% more physical cores and 12.5% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4314, on the other hand, has a 3.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 3.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Silver 4314, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.