Xeon Silver 4215R vs FX-4170
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4215R outperforms FX-4170 by a whopping 371% 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 | 2257 | 1063 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.95 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 2.72 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Zambezi (2011−2012) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 27 February 2012 (14 years ago) | 24 February 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $794 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
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Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of FX-4170 and Xeon Silver 4215R: 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 | 4.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 32 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 4096 KB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB | 11 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 61 °C | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| P0 Vcore voltage | Min: 1.1875 V - Max: 1.4125 V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on FX-4170 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 | AM3+ | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4170 and Xeon Silver 4215R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
FX-4170 and Xeon Silver 4215R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4170 and Xeon Silver 4215R are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4170 and Xeon Silver 4215R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4170 and Xeon Silver 4215R.
| PCIe version | n/a | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.78 | 8.39 |
| Recency | 27 February 2012 | 24 February 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 130 Watt |
FX-4170 has 4% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4215R, on the other hand, has a 371% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 129% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4215R is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD FX-4170 in performance tests.
Note that FX-4170 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4215R is a server/workstation one.
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