Xeon w3-2525 vs E5-2697 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking847not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.94no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency6.54no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723$609

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2416
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate8GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno data-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size768 GB2 TB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon w3-2525.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4064

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 24 August 2024
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 175 Watt

Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 34.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon w3-2525, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years.

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