Xeon W-3265M vs E5-2697 v4

Place in the ranking	576	253
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.70	5.90
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon W
Power efficiency	8.59	9.93
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	3 June 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,702	$6,353

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-3265M has 119% better value for money than Xeon E5-2697 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M 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 cores	18 (Octadeca-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	36	48
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	4.6 GHz
Bus type	QPI	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	23	27
L1 cache	no data	1.5 MB
L2 cache	4.5 MB	24 MB
L3 cache	45 MB	33 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	456.12 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	7200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	2 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-2697 v4 13.16

Xeon W-3265M 21.50
+63.4%

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.

Xeon E5-2697 v4 20907

Xeon W-3265M 34147
+63.3%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5-2697 v4 1063
+6.6%

Xeon W-3265M 997

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5-2697 v4 7910
+3%

Xeon W-3265M 7681

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.16	21.50
Recency	20 June 2016	3 June 2019
Physical cores	18	24
Threads	36	48
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	205 Watt

Xeon E5-2697 v4 has 41.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon W-3265M, on the other hand, has a 63.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Xeon W-3265M is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2697 v4 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon W-3265M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.