Xeon Platinum 8490H vs W-2195

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking348not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.02no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Wno data
Power efficiency11.92no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date29 August 2017 (7 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,553$17,000

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads36120
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache1.125 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache18 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB (shared)112.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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)8
SocketSocket R4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® 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-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGX-Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 Platinum 8490H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size512 GB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2017 10 January 2023
Physical cores 18 60
Threads 36 120
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon W-2195 has 150% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8490H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 233.3% more physical cores and 233.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. We've got no test results to judge.


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