Xeon E5 1680 v4 vs W-2195

Place in the ranking	348	854
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.12	1.90
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon W	Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency	11.92	6.05
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Broadwell-EP (2016)
Release date	29 September 2017 (7 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,553	$1,723

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-2195 has 275% better value for money than Xeon E5 1680 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2195 and Xeon E5-1680 v4 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	36	16
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	5 GT/s
Multiplier	23	34
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB (shared)	20 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	246.24 mm²
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	no data	3,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2195 and Xeon E5-1680 v4 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)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	Socket R4	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon E5-1680 v4. 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® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	-
Demand Based Switching	+	+
PAE	46 Bit	46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2195 and Xeon E5-1680 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon E5-1680 v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon E5-1680 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	512 GB	1.5 TB
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+