Intel Xeon Platinum 8153 vs Intel Xeon W3690

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8153 and Intel Xeon W3690 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon Platinum 8153

Intel Xeon W3690

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8153

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
20 more threads: 32 vs 12
Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 87°C vs 67.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 24 GB
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 130 Watt
3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 27205 vs 7217

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	32 vs 12
Maximum core temperature	87°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 24 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1623 vs 1616
PassMark - CPU mark	27205 vs 7217

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3690

Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.73 GHz vs 2.80 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.73 GHz vs 2.80 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3690

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1623

1616

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

27205

7217

Name	Intel Xeon Platinum 8153	Intel Xeon W3690
PassMark - Single thread mark	1623	1616
PassMark - CPU mark	27205	7217
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		667
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3602
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		49.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.515
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		7.929

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Platinum 8153	Intel Xeon W3690
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Gulftown
Launch date	Q3'17	February 2011
Place in performance rating	1159	2507
Processor Number	8153	W3690
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$450
Price now		$1,000
Value for money (0-100)		2.70
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	3.46 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	3.73 GHz
Number of cores	16	6
Number of threads	32	12
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		239 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		12288 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		0.800V-1.375V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	24 GB
Supported memory frequency	2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		32 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	42.5mm X 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	130 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	S8S
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-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)