Xeon Platinum 8160T vs W-2295

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking292not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency11.10no data
Architecture codenameno dataSkylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date1 October 2019 (5 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,936

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3648
Base clock speed3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data1.5 MB
L2 cacheno data24 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB33 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature61 °C93 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T 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 configuration18 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T. 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-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T 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-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1 TB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth93.85 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2019 25 April 2017
Physical cores 18 24
Threads 36 48
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon W-2295 has an age advantage of 2 years.

Xeon Platinum 8160T, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and 10% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8160T. We've got no test results to judge.


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