Xeon Silver 4215 vs W-2135

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon W-2135
2017
6 cores / 12 threads, 140 Watt
9.09
Xeon Silver 4215
2019
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
9.09

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking844846
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.6713.22
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency6.1410.12
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date29 August 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$835$794

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4215 has 98% better value for money than Xeon W-2135.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3725
L1 cache64K (per core)512 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)8 MB
L3 cache8.25 MB (shared)11 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)64 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
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 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215 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-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size512 GB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 W-2135 9.09
Xeon Silver 4215 9.09

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 W-2135 14440
+0%
Xeon Silver 4215 14439

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 W-2135 1409
+36.8%
Xeon Silver 4215 1030

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 W-2135 6590
Xeon Silver 4215 6610
+0.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon Silver 4215 has an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and 64.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Silver 4215.


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