Intel Xeon W-2170B vs Intel Xeon X5698

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2170B and Intel Xeon X5698 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2170B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 28x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 60% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2345 vs 1922
  • 6.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23902 vs 3447
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs February 2011
Number of cores 14 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 896 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 14 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 19.25 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2345 vs 1922
PassMark - CPU mark 23902 vs 3447

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5698

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2170B
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5698

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2345
1922
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23902
3447
Name Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon X5698
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 1922
PassMark - CPU mark 23902 3447

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon X5698

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake W Westmere EP
Family Xeon W
Launch date 5 June 2017 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1360 1349
Processor Number W-2170B
Series W-2000
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.5 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 896 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 14 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 19.25 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 4.4 GHz
Number of cores 14 2
Number of threads 28
Unlocked
Die size 239 mm
Transistor count 1170 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 79.47 GB/s
Maximum memory size 512 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA-2066 (R4) 1366
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt

Peripherals

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

Security & Reliability

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)