Intel Xeon W-2170B vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2170B and Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2170B

  • Around 43% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2345 vs 1634
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2345 vs 1634

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 512 GB
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 512 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 23991 vs 23902

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2170B
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2345
1634
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23902
23991
Name Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 122.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.236
PassMark - Single thread mark 2345 1634
PassMark - CPU mark 23902 23991
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 700
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7687

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake W Haswell
Family Xeon W
Launch date 5 June 2017 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 1360 1352
Processor Number W-2170B E5-2683V3
Series W-2000 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.00 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI 9.6 GT/s QPI
L1 cache 896 KB
L2 cache 14 MB
L3 cache 19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 14 14
Number of threads 28 28
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 82.5°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 79.47 GB/s 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 512 GB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4 1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA-2066 (R4) FCLGA2011-3
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 51mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 1x8, 1x4 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)