Xeon Silver 4106H vs W-2133

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	933	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.68	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon W	no data
Power efficiency	5.39	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	no data
Release date	29 August 2017 (7 years ago)	1 July 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$617	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	36	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	6 MB	no data
L3 cache	8.25 MB (shared)	11 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	484 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA2066	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
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

Security technologies

Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	512 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Silver 4106H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 August 2017	1 July 2018
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	85 Watt

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