Xeon w5-2545: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon w5-2545 provides good benchmark performance at 26.24% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Xeon w5-2545 sales 24 August 2024 at a recommended price of $889. This is a Sapphire Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4700 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4677 processor with a TDP of 210 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR5-4800 memory.
Primary details
Xeon w5-2545 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 188 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 83.24 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 11.83 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) | |
| Release date | 24 August 2024 (less than a year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $889 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 24 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.7 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 30 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon w5-2545 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCLGA4677 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon w5-2545. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| SGX | - | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon w5-2545's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-4800 | |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 4 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon w5-2545.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon w5-2545. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon w5-2545 is Xeon Platinum 8352M, which is faster by 7% and higher by 20 positions in our ranking.
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