Xeon w5-2545 vs Platinum 9222

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data83.24
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data11.82
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$889

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Performance-coresno data12
Threads6424
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545 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 configuration81
SocketIntel BGA5903FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt210 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size2 TiB2 TB
Max memory channels124
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 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 Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 24 August 2024
Physical cores 32 12
Threads 64 24
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 210 Watt

Xeon Platinum 9222 has 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

Xeon w5-2545, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 19% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 9222 and Xeon w5-2545. We've got no test results to judge.


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