Intel Xeon w5-2445 vs Intel Xeon w9-3475X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon W-2400 Intel Xeon W-3400
• Family
  Intel Xeon W Intel Xeon W
• Generation
  12 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-3375
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 2.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  10x 36x
• CPU Cores
  10 36
• CPU Threads
  20 72
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (36 Cores)
  - 3 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 w9-3475X and Intel Xeon w5-2445. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 4096 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  153.6 GB/s 307.2 GB/s
• Memory channels
  4 (Quad Channel) 8 (Octa Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR5-4800 DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  5.0 x 64 5.0 x 112

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon w5-2445 and Intel Xeon w9-3475X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  94 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  175 W 300 W
• TDP up
  210 W 360 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon w5-2445 and Intel Xeon w9-3475X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sapphire Rapids-WS Sapphire Rapids-WS
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX
• L3-Cache
  26.25 MB 82.5 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2023
• Release price
  839 $ 3739 $
• Socket
  LGA 4677 LGA 4677
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise