Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 vs Intel Xeon W3570

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 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.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8156

Intel Xeon W3570

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8156

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.46 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 71°C vs 67.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 24 GB
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2245 vs 1466
5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16852 vs 3267

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.46 GHz
Maximum core temperature	71°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 24 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2245 vs 1466
PassMark - CPU mark	16852 vs 3267

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3570

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2245

1466

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16852

3267

Name	Intel Xeon Platinum 8156	Intel Xeon W3570
PassMark - Single thread mark	2245	1466
PassMark - CPU mark	16852	3267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2760
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9206

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Platinum 8156	Intel Xeon W3570
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Bloomfield
Launch date	Q3'17	March 2009
Place in performance rating	980	995
Processor Number	8156	W3570
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$480
Price now		$479.95
Value for money (0-100)		3.73
Performance
Base frequency	3.60 GHz	3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	71°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		263 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
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	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 45.0mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 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)		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)