Xeon W-3345 vs Gold 5122

Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 5122
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 105 Watt
5.69
Xeon W-3345
2021
24 cores / 48 threads, 250 Watt
29.31
+415%

Xeon W-3345 outperforms Xeon Gold 5122 by a whopping 415% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1143157
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.70no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency5.0310.89
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Ice Lake-W (2021)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)29 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,221no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads848
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16.5 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and Xeon W-3345.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes4864

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 Gold 5122 5.69
Xeon W-3345 29.31
+415%

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 Gold 5122 8868
Xeon W-3345 45694
+415%

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 Gold 5122 1260
Xeon W-3345 1460
+15.9%

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 Gold 5122 4608
Xeon W-3345 13695
+197%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.69 29.31
Recency 25 April 2017 29 July 2021
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 8 48
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 250 Watt

Xeon Gold 5122 has 138.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon W-3345, on the other hand, has a 415.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon W-3345 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5122 in performance tests.


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