Xeon Silver 4216 vs Ryzen 5 2400G
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4216 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by a whopping 142% 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 | 1418 | 742 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.33 | 3.93 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 3.24 | 5.08 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2019) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 12 February 2018 (7 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $169 | $1,002 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4216 has 69% better value for money than Ryzen 5 2400G.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2400G and Xeon Silver 4216 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | 36 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 210 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,950 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2400G and Xeon Silver 4216 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 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 100 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | 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 | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 2400G and Xeon Silver 4216 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 Ryzen 5 2400G and Xeon Silver 4216 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 Ryzen 5 2400G and Xeon Silver 4216. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 46.933 GB/s | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1250 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Xeon Silver 4216.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 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 | 4.98 | 12.03 |
| Recency | 12 February 2018 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 16 |
| Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 100 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2400G has 53.8% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4216, on the other hand, has a 141.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4216 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G in performance tests.
Note that Ryzen 5 2400G is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4216 is a server/workstation one.
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