Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 vs Intel Xeon W3570

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 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 8253

Intel Xeon W3570

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8253

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
24 more threads: 32 vs 8
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 45 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.8x 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 4% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1754 vs 1466
9.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30507 vs 3267

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 Dec 2018 vs March 2009
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	32 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	87°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	1 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 24 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754 vs 1466
PassMark - CPU mark	30507 vs 3267

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3570

Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3570

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1466

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

30507

3267

Name	Intel Xeon Platinum 8253	Intel Xeon W3570
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1466
PassMark - CPU mark	30507	3267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2760
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9206

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Platinum 8253	Intel Xeon W3570
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Bloomfield
Launch date	11 Dec 2018	March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$3566	$480
Place in performance rating	982	1001
Processor Number	8253	W3570
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$479.95
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		3.73
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	16	4
Number of threads	32	8
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	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	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)	125 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	S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
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	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)