Intel Xeon W-2150B vs Intel Xeon E7-4870

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2150B and Intel Xeon E7-4870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon W-2150B

Intel Xeon E7-4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2150B

Around 61% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm

Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4870

4x more maximum memory size: 2 TB vs 512 GB

Maximum memory size	2 TB vs 512 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2150B
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4870

Name	Intel Xeon W-2150B	Intel Xeon E7-4870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	118.786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.598
PassMark - Single thread mark		1054
PassMark - CPU mark		11939

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon W-2150B	Intel Xeon E7-4870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake W	Westmere EX
Family	Xeon W
Launch date	5 June 2017	Q2'11
Place in performance rating	1892	1914
Processor Number	W-2150B	E7-4870
Series	W-2000	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.0 GHz	2.40 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI	6.4 GT/s QPI
L1 cache	640 KB
L2 cache	10 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	10	10
Number of threads	20	20
Maximum core temperature		69°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	79.47 GB/s
Maximum memory size	512 GB	2 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
Sockets supported	FCLGA-2066 (R4)	LGA1567
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		130 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 1x8, 1x4
Scalability		S4S
Security & Reliability
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
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)