Xeon Silver 4214R vs Ultra 7 155H

Place in the ranking	433	684
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	25.51
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Meteor Lake-H	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	53.47	10.88
Architecture codename	Meteor Lake-H (2023)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$503	$705

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	22	24
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	112 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	12 MB
L3 cache	24 MB (shared)	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	Intel 4 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	110 °C	79 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R 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	FCBGA2049	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	+
Supported AI Software Frameworks	OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT	-

Security technologies

Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	96 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	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® Arc™ graphics	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	2.25 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)	no data
Max resolution over eDP	3840x2400 @ 120Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.2	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R.

PCIe version	5.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	48
PCI support	5.0 and 4.0	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. 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.

Ultra 7 155H 15.82
+37.6%

Xeon Silver 4214R 11.50

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.

Ultra 7 155H 25131
+37.5%

Xeon Silver 4214R 18275

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.82	11.50
Recency	14 December 2023	24 February 2020
Physical cores	16	12
Threads	22	24
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	100 Watt

Ultra 7 155H has a 37.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 33.3% more physical cores, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4214R, on the other hand, has 9.1% more threads.

The Core Ultra 7 155H is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4214R in performance tests.

Be aware that Core Ultra 7 155H is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4214R is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core Ultra 7 155H and Xeon Silver 4214R, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.