Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5 vs Intel Xeon W-2155

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5 and Intel Xeon W-2155 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5

Intel Xeon W-2155

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5

Around 47% higher maximum core temperature: 100 vs 68
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt

Maximum core temperature	100 vs 68
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2155

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
Around 15% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
8x more maximum memory size: 512 GB vs 64 GB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2608 vs 2402
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21088 vs 8408

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
Maximum memory size	512 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2608 vs 2402
PassMark - CPU mark	21088 vs 8408

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-2155

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2402

2608

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8408

21088

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5	Intel Xeon W-2155
PassMark - Single thread mark	2402	2608
PassMark - CPU mark	8408	21088
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1429
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4300
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1104
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9442

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5	Intel Xeon W-2155
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Skylake
Launch date	Q2'16	Q3'17
Place in performance rating	960	956
Processor Number	E3-1585V5	W-2155
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family	Intel® Xeon® W Processor
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.50 GHz	3.30 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100	68
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	4.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	10
Number of QPI Links	0	0
Number of threads	8	20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	512 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L,LPDDR3 1600MHz, DDR4 2133MHz at 1.2V	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400/2666
Maximum memory bandwidth		85.3 GB/s
Graphics
Device ID	0x193A
eDRAM	128 MB
Execution Units	72
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	64 GB
Processor graphics	Intel® Iris® Pro Graphics P580
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FCBGA1440	FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	140 Watt
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16,2x8,1x8+2x4	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)