Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs Intel Xeon W-2155

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T and Intel Xeon W-2155 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 Silver 4310T

Intel Xeon W-2155

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Around 29% higher maximum core temperature: 88°C vs 68
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 512 GB
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 140 Watt

Maximum core temperature	88°C vs 68
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 512 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2155

Around 32% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2591 vs 2089
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21090 vs 20607

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2591 vs 2089
PassMark - CPU mark	21090 vs 20607

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-2155

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

2591

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20607

21090

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon W-2155
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	2591
PassMark - CPU mark	20607	21090
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1104
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9442

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon W-2155
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Skylake
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP)	$555
Place in performance rating	970	956
Processor Number	4310T	W-2155
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® W Processor
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	3.30 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB
L2 cache	10 MB
L3 cache	15 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	88°C	68
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	4.50 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2	0
64 bit support
Bus Speed		0 GT/s QPI
Number of cores		10
Number of QPI Links		0
Number of threads		20
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	512 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400/2666
Maximum memory bandwidth		85.3 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	48
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	1S Only
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
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	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-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)