Xeon Gold 6250L vs W-2155

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	559	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.49	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon W	no data
Power efficiency	8.96	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	no data
Release date	29 August 2017 (7 years ago)	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,440	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L 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	10 (Deca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	20	16
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	33	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	13.75 MB (shared)	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	484 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	60 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	68 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L 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	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L. 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	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
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	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L 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-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	512 GB	4.5 TB
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-2155 and Xeon Gold 6250L.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 August 2017	1 January 2020
Physical cores	10	8
Threads	20	16
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	185 Watt

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