Xeon Silver 4509Y vs Atom C3558
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4509Y outperforms Atom C3558 by a whopping 669% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2248 | 728 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.47 | 46.93 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.09 | 8.95 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Goldmont (2016−2017) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 15 August 2017 (7 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | $563 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4509Y has 9885% better value for money than Atom C3558.
Detailed specifications
Atom C3558 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Multiplier | 22 | no data |
| L1 cache | 224 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 22.5 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 83 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 84 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom C3558 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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) | 2 |
| Socket | FCBGA1310 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 16 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3558 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| QuickAssist | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Atom C3558 and Xeon Silver 4509Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Boot | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| SGX | - | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom C3558 and Xeon Silver 4509Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3558 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4: 2133 | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | 256 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 29.871 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3558 and Xeon Silver 4509Y.
| PCIe version | 3 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 80 |
| USB revision | 3 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 12 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | 2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x2.5/1 GBE | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.52 | 11.69 |
| Recency | 15 August 2017 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 16 Watt | 125 Watt |
Atom C3558 has 681.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4509Y, on the other hand, has a 669.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom C3558 in performance tests.
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