Intel Xeon W-2191B vs Intel Celeron 2957U

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Intel Xeon W-2191B CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 2957U
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Celeron 2957U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon W-2191B or Intel Celeron 2957U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon W-2191B has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to 512 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-2191B was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Celeron 2957U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2957U was released in Q4/2013.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Xeon W-2100/3100 (15) CPU group Intel Celeron 2000 (7)
6 Generation 4
Skylake W Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
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-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon W-2191B is a 18 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (4.30 GHz). The Intel Celeron 2957U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Characteristic Intel Celeron 2957U
18 Cores 2
36 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
4.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Characteristic Intel Celeron 2957U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7.5
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 10
-- Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon W-2191B supports a maximum of 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2957U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Characteristic Intel Celeron 2957U
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600
512 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
85.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
24.75 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
48 PCIe lanes 10
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon W-2191B has a TDP of 140 W, that of the Intel Celeron 2957U is 15 W.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Characteristic Intel Celeron 2957U
140 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon W-2191B has a 24.75 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 2957U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Characteristic Intel Celeron 2957U
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 2066 Socket BGA 1168
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q4/2013
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon W-2191B (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U (25%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon W-2191B (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U (4%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
1168 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
317 (27%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
14308 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
632 (4%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
1405 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
284 (20%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
9768 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
515 (5%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
28788 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
866 (3%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
186 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
54 (29%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
2965 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
106 (4%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
114 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
205 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
334 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
288 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Celeron 2957U
Apple iMac Pro (2017) Unknown

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