Xeon W-3245: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon W-3245 sales 3 June 2019 at a recommended price of $1,999. This is a Cascade Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3200 MHz - 4400 MHz (1 core) and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Socket P processor with a TDP of 205 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

Primary details

Xeon W-3245 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	265
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.72
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon W
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	3 June 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	of 689 (Core i9-14900KS)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	32
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	1 MB	of 7.3 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	16 MB	of 96 (EPYC 9654)
L3 cache	22 MB	of 1152.001953125 (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-3245 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3245. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
TSX	+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon W-3245's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	1 TiB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	6	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	of 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCI Express lanes

64

of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon W-3245. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Closest competitors

Xeon W-3245's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.

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