Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 vs Intel Xeon W-2125. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E5 v4 Intel Xeon W-2100/3100
• Family
  Intel Xeon E5 Intel Xeon W
• Generation
  6 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Xeon W-2225

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.7 GHz 4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon W-2125 and Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 512 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  40 48
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 and Intel Xeon W-2125 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  85 W 120 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 and Intel Xeon W-2125, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell E Skylake W
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  15 MB 8.25 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q3/2017
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3 LGA 2066
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d