Xeon Silver 4309Y vs i3-10105F

Place in the ranking	1147	642
Place by popularity	50	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	8.23	10.92
Architecture codename	Comet Lake-R (2021)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	16 March 2021 (3 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$97	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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	8	16
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	76 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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	2
Socket	FCLGA1200	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y. 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	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	128 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	64

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.

i3-10105F 5.65

Xeon Silver 4309Y 12.11
+114%

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.

i3-10105F 8971

Xeon Silver 4309Y 19237
+114%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i3-10105F 1471
+4.1%

Xeon Silver 4309Y 1413

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i3-10105F 4524

Xeon Silver 4309Y 7365
+62.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.65	12.11
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt

i3-10105F has 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has a 114.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4309Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-10105F in performance tests.

Note that Core i3-10105F is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-10105F and Xeon Silver 4309Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.