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Intel Xeon w5-2455X vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8170. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2023
Intel Xeon w5-2455X
Intel Xeon w5-2455X
Released
Q3/2017
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8170
Intel Xeon Platinum 8170

What's the best choice Intel Xeon w5-2455X or Intel Xeon Platinum 8170? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon w5-2455X has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 12 / 24 Cores. Power consumption of 200 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 has a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. 26 Cores. Power consumption of 165 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 34% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 20% better overclocked clock speed

    4.60 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon w5-2455X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    215 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 2.17 times more cores

    26 left arrow 12
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.83 times less performance per watt

    165 W left arrow 200 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    335 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    35 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    404 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    187 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon w5-2455X Intel Xeon w5-2455X
Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 Intel Xeon Platinum 8170
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Intel Xeon W left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon W-2400 left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum 8100
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 1
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon W-2255 left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
IGPU

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 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 and Intel Xeon w5-2455X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-4800 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    2048 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    4 (Quad Channel) left arrow 6
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon w5-2455X and Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP up
    240 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon w5-2455X and Intel Xeon w5-2455X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 4677 left arrow LGA 3647
  • L3-Cache
    30.00 MB left arrow 36.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Sapphire Rapids-WS left arrow Skylake
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q3/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon w5-2455X and Intel Xeon Platinum 8170.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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