Xeon Silver 4208 vs Ryzen 7 1800X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	685	920
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.81	23.52
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	22 February 2017 (7 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$417
Current price	$182 (0.4x MSRP)	$254 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4208 has 84% better value for money than Ryzen 7 1800X.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	8 MB
L3 cache	16384 KB	11 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	78 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208 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)	95 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208. 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	FMA3	no data
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	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched
XFR	+	no data
SenseMI	+	no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208 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 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4208.

PCIe version	n/a	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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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.

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Xeon Silver 4208 by 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	10.59	7.31
Recency	22 February 2017	2 April 2019
Cost	$499	$417
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	85 Watt

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