Intel Xeon Gold 5215 vs Intel Xeon W3570

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5215 and Intel Xeon W3570 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5215

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 20 vs 8
  • Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 67.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 10x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 72% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 42.7x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 24 GB
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1953 vs 1466
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22066 vs 3267
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs March 2009
Number of cores 10 vs 4
Number of threads 20 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 77°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 640 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 10 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 13.75 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 24 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1953 vs 1466
PassMark - CPU mark 22066 vs 3267

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3570

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.46 GHz vs 3.40 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5215
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3570

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1953
1466
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22066
3267
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Intel Xeon W3570
PassMark - Single thread mark 1953 1466
PassMark - CPU mark 22066 3267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2760
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9206

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Intel Xeon W3570

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Bloomfield
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $1221 $480
Place in performance rating 1011 1001
Processor Number 5215 W3570
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $479.95
Value for money (0-100) 3.73

Performance

Base frequency 2.50 GHz 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 640 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 10 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 13.75 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 67.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.46 GHz
Number of cores 10 4
Number of threads 20 8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 263 mm2
Number of QPI Links 1
Transistor count 731 million
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

Memory

Max memory channels 6 3
Maximum memory size 1 TB 24 GB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 4S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
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)