Xeon W-3175X vs Opteron 150

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated216
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data12.95
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon W
Power efficiencyno data8.69
Architecture codenameVenus (2004−2005)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date2 August 2005 (19 years ago)8 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads156
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache128 KB1.75 MB
L2 cache1 MB28 MB
L3 cache0 KB38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size115 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors114 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
Socket939FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt255 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data512 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 150 and Xeon W-3175X.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Opteron 150 393
Xeon W-3175X 37167
+9357%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 August 2005 8 October 2018
Physical cores 1 28
Threads 1 56
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 255 Watt

Opteron 150 has 200% lower power consumption.

Xeon W-3175X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 2700% more physical cores and 5500% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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