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CPU

Intel

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

Processor

CPU cores: 12^*
CPU threads: 24^*
Maximum boost clock: 4.6 GHz^*

Rendering performance

Benchmark setupMedian score · higher is better

Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.

Blender 4.0.0 / Windows / CPU

Intel Xeon w5-2455X 315.55 samples/min 6 complete runs · Middle 50%: 314.80 - 315.69 · 12 core / 24 thread · Latest: 2024-01-09

Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Test version

Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

75.24 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jan 9, 2024

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1

Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

315.55 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jan 9, 2024

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1
25th percentile: 314.8009858323
75th percentile: 315.68690054853

Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

96.72 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jan 9, 2024

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1

Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

143.39 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jan 9, 2024

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1

Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

90.53 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jun 24, 2023

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1

Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

385.67 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jun 24, 2023

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1
25th percentile: 381.82441285089
75th percentile: 391.87203014

Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

116.24 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jun 24, 2023

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1

Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Intel Xeon w5-2455X

179.56 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission: Jun 24, 2023

Rendering backend: CPU
Operating system: Windows
Statistic: Median
Evaluation type: community rendering submissions
CPU cores: 12
CPU threads: 24
CPU sockets: 1

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 12^*
CPU threads: 24^*
Performance cores: 12^*
Efficiency cores: 0^*
Base clock: 3.2 GHz^*
CPU reference clock: 100 MHz^*
Turbo Boost 2.0 frequency: 4.4 GHz^*
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 frequency: 4.6 GHz^*
Maximum boost clock: 4.6 GHz^*
Socket / package: Intel Socket 4677^*
Manufacturing process: Intel 7^*

Cache hierarchy

Reported cache^*
Size
30 MB^*
Level
Reported cache (level unstated)^*
Scope
Intel® Smart Cache^*

Memory & storage

Memory channels: 4^*
Rated memory bandwidth: 153.60 GB/s^*

Supported memory

DDR5-4800 (MT/s)^*

Power specifications

Processor base power: 200 W^*
Maximum turbo power: 240 W^*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 78 fields

ActiveManagementTech

Yes^*

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AdvancedMatricExtensions

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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AESTech

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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AVX512FusedMultiplyAddUnits

2^*

Scope and conditions

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BornOnDate

Q1'23^*

Scope and conditions

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Cache

30 MB Intel® Smart Cache^*

Scope and conditions

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CertifiedUseConditions

Workstation^*

Scope and conditions

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ClockSpeed

3.20 GHz^*

Scope and conditions

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ClockSpeedMax

4.60 GHz^*

Scope and conditions

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CodeNameText

Products formerly Sapphire Rapids^*

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CoreCount

12^*

Scope and conditions

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CpuId

233420^*

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CpuName

Intel® Xeon® w5-2455X Processor^*

Scope and conditions

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DataStreamAccelerator

1 default devices^*

Scope and conditions

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DeepLearningBoostVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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DeviceProtectionTechBootGuardVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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DigitalThermalSensorTemperatureMax

100 °C^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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DMIRevision

4.0^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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DynamicLoadBalancer

0 default devices^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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ECCMemory

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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EffCoreCount

0^*

Scope and conditions

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EM64

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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Embedded

No^*

Scope and conditions

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ExecuteDisable

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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ExtendedPageTables

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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HyperThreading

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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InMemoryAnayticsAccelerator

0 default devices^*

Scope and conditions

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InstructionSet

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

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InstructionSetExtensions

Intel® SSE4.1. Intel® AMX. Intel® SSE4.2. Intel® AVX2. Intel® AVX-512^*

Scope and conditions

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IntelControlFlowEnforcementTechnology

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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IntelPlatformFWResSupport

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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IntelQAssistSWAccel

No^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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IntelTotalMemoryEncryption

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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IntelTotalMemoryEncryptionWithMultikey

No^*

Scope and conditions

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IntelUPISpeed

0 GT/s^*

Scope and conditions

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Lithography

Intel 7^*

Scope and conditions

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MarketSegment

Workstation^*

Scope and conditions

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MaxCPUs

1^*

Scope and conditions

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MaxMem

2 TB^*

Scope and conditions

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MaxTurboPower

240 W^*

Scope and conditions

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MemoryMaxSpeedMhz

4800 MHz^*

Scope and conditions

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MemoryTypes

DDR5-4800 (MT/s)^*

Scope and conditions

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ModeBasedExecutionControlVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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NumMemoryChannels

4^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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NumPCIExpressPorts

64^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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OneClickRecovery

No^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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OptaneDCPersistentMemoryVersion

No^*

Scope and conditions

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OSGuardTechVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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PackageCarrier

E1B^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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PackageSize

77.5mm x 56.5mm^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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PCIExpressRevision

5.0^*

Scope and conditions

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PerfCoreCount

12^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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ProcessorBasePower

200 W^*

Scope and conditions

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ProcessorNumber

w5-2455X^*

Scope and conditions

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ProductGroup

Intel® Xeon® W Processor^*

Scope and conditions

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QuickAssistTechCPU

0 default devices^*

Scope and conditions

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RemotePlatformErase

No^*

Scope and conditions

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ResourceDirectorTechVersion

No^*

Scope and conditions

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ScalableSockets

1S Only^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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SocketsSupported

FCLGA4677^*

Scope and conditions

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SoftwareGuardExtensions

No^*

Scope and conditions

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SpeedShiftTechVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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SpeedstepTechnology

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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StatusCodeText

Launched^*

Scope and conditions

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TBTVersion

2.0^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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TCase

77^*

Scope and conditions

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ThreadCount

24^*

Scope and conditions

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ThreatDetectTech

No^*

Scope and conditions

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TransactionalSynchronizationExtensionVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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TurboBoostMaxTechMaxFreq

4.60 GHz^*

Scope and conditions

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TurboBoostMaxTechVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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TurboBoostTech2MaxFreq

4.40 GHz^*

Scope and conditions

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TXT

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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UltraPathInterconnectLinks

0^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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VProTechnologyOptions

Intel vPro® Enterprise^*

Scope and conditions

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VTD

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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VTRP

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

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VTX

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

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Specifications 2 · 37 fields

name: Xeon w5-2455X^*
Release Date: Feb 15th, 2023^*
Part#: SRM9G^*
Frequency: 3.2^* GHz
Turbo Clock: up to 4.6 GHz^*
DMI: 4.0 x8^*
Max. Memory: 2 TB (4400 MT/s only)^*
AVX-512 FMA Ports: 2^*
Base Clock: 100^* MHz
Multiplier: 32.0x^*
Turbo Boost 2.0: 4.4^* GHz
Max Turbo Power: 240^* W
Multiplier Unlocked: Yes^*
Codename: Sapphire Rapids^*
Socket: Intel Socket 4677^*
Generation: Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)^*
Memory Support: DDR5^*
ECC Memory: Yes^*
# of Cores: 12^*
# of Threads: 24^*
SMP # CPUs: 1^*
Cache L1: 80 KB (per core)^*
Cache L2: 2 MB (per core)^*
Features: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, AVX-VNNI, FMA3, SHA, EIST, Intel 64, XD bit, VT-x, VT-d, AES-NI, TSX, TXT, CLMUL, F16C, BMI1, BMI2, ABM, ADX, AMX, RdRand, 5-level NPT, X2APIC, Intel DSA, DLBoost 2.0, vPro, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0^*
Foundry: Intel^*
Rated Speed: 4,800^* MT/s
Memory Bus: Quad-channel^*
Memory Bandwidth: 153.6^* GB/s
Launch Price: $1,039^*
PCI-Express: Gen 5, 64 Lanes (CPU only)^*
Process Size: 10^* nm
Cache L3: 30^* MB
tCaseMax: 77°C^*
Chipset: W790^*
Package: FC-LGA16A^*
Market: Server/Workstation^*
Production Status: Active^*

Specifications 3 · 76 fields

Recommended Customer Price

$1039.00-$1049.00^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Price scope: Historical source recommendation; not a current retail offer. The original currency notation is retained.^*

Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)

No^*

Intel® Speed Shift Technology

Yes^*

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡

2.0^*

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions

Yes^*

Intel® 64 ‡

Yes^*

Instruction Set Extensions

Intel® SSE4.1 | Intel® AMX | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX2 | Intel® AVX-512^*

# of AVX-512 FMA Units

2^*

Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT)

0 default devices^*

Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB)

0 default devices^*

Intel® In-memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA)

0 default devices^*

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 ‡

Yes^*

Instruction Set

64-bit^*

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology

Yes^*

Total Cores

12^*

Intel® QuickAssist Software Acceleration

No^*

Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support

Yes^*

Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology

Yes^*

Total Threads

24^*

Intel® Total Memory Encryption

Yes^*

Intel® AES New Instructions

Yes^*

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)

No^*

Intel® OS Guard

Yes^*

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡

Yes^*

Execute Disable Bit ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Boot Guard

Yes^*

Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC)

Yes^*

Max Turbo Frequency

4.6^* GHz

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡

Yes^*

Intel vPro® Eligibility ‡

Intel vPro® Enterprise^*

Intel® Threat Detection Technology (TDT)

No^*

Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Remote Platform Erase (RPE) ‡

No^*

Intel® One-Click Recovery ‡

No^*

Processor Base Frequency

3.2^* GHz

Intel® Total Memory Encryption - Multi Key

No^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology with Redirect Protection (VT-rp) ‡

Yes^*

Cache

30.0^* MB

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Cache description: Intel® Smart Cache^*
Original declaration: 30 MB Intel® Smart Cache^*

Intel® UPI Speed

0^* GT/s

Max # of UPI Links

0^*

# of Performance-cores

12^*

# of Efficiency-cores

0^*

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency ‡

4.6^* GHz

Processor Base Power

200^* W

Maximum Turbo Power

240^* W

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency‡

4.4^* GHz

Marketing Status

Launched^*

Launch Date

Q1'23^*

Embedded Options Available

No^*

Product Collection

Intel® Xeon® W Processor^*

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)

2^* TB

Memory Types

DDR5-4800 (MT/s)^*

Max # of Memory Channels

4^*

ECC Memory Supported ‡

Yes^*

Vertical Segment

Workstation^*

Maximum Memory Speed

4,800^* MHz

Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Supported

No^*

Scalability

1S Only^*

PCI Express Revision

5.0^*

Max # of PCI Express Lanes

64^*

Processor Number

w5-2455X^*

Direct Media Interface (DMI) Revision

4.0^*

Sockets Supported

FCLGA4677^*

Package Carrier

E1B^*

DTS Max

100^* °C

TCASE

77^*

Lithography

Intel 7^*

Package Size

77.5mm x 56.5mm^*

Max CPU Configuration

1^*

Use Conditions

Workstation^*

Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA)

1 default devices^*

Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX)

Yes^*

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) on CPU

Yes^*

* Provisional data