Xeon Silver 4215R vs Atom N2800
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4215R outperforms Atom N2800 by a whopping 3236% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3198 | 856 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 16.76 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Atom | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 3.82 | 6.87 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (13 years ago) | 24 February 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $47 | $794 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Atom N2800 and Xeon Silver 4215R 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 32 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 11 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N2800 and Xeon Silver 4215R 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 | no data |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6.5 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2800 and Xeon Silver 4215R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Atom N2800 and Xeon Silver 4215R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2800 and Xeon Silver 4215R are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2800 and Xeon Silver 4215R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 4.88 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 (640 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N2800 and Xeon Silver 4215R.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
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 | 0.28 | 9.34 |
| Recency | 1 December 2011 | 24 February 2020 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 130 Watt |
Atom N2800 has 2066.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4215R, on the other hand, has a 3235.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4215R is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N2800 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom N2800 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4215R is a server/workstation one.
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