Xeon E-2468 vs W-3235
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E-2468 outperforms Xeon W-3235 by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 410 | 392 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 17.96 | 92.78 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon W | no data |
| Power efficiency | 8.47 | 24.03 |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 3 June 2019 (5 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,398 | $426 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon E-2468 has 417% better value for money than Xeon W-3235.
Detailed specifications
Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 16 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 33 | no data |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 19.25 MB | 24 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 257 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 72 °C | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468 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) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 16 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.71 | 17.13 |
| Recency | 3 June 2019 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 8 |
| Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 65 Watt |
Xeon W-3235 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
Xeon E-2468, on the other hand, has a 2.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and 176.9% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E-2468, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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