EPYC 4245P vs Xeon w5-2545
Aggregate performance score
Xeon w5-2545 outperforms EPYC 4245P by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 233 | 349 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 82.48 | 64.75 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 11.83 | 28.85 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) | Grado (2025) |
| Release date | 24 August 2024 (less than a year ago) | 13 May 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $889 | $239 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon w5-2545 has 27% better value for money than EPYC 4245P.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon w5-2545 and EPYC 4245P 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Performance-cores | 12 | no data |
| Threads | 24 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.7 GHz | 5.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 30 MB | 32 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 70.6 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 8,315 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon w5-2545 and EPYC 4245P 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA4677 | AM5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon w5-2545 and EPYC 4245P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon w5-2545 and EPYC 4245P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | - | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon w5-2545 and EPYC 4245P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon w5-2545 and EPYC 4245P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-4800 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | AMD Radeon Graphics |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon w5-2545 and EPYC 4245P.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 24 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 25.75 | 19.44 |
| Recency | 24 August 2024 | 13 May 2025 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 6 |
| Threads | 24 | 12 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 65 Watt |
Xeon w5-2545 has a 32.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
EPYC 4245P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 223.1% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon w5-2545 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD EPYC 4245P in performance tests.
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