Xeon Silver 4210 vs Ryzen 7 1800X
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Xeon Silver 4210 by a significant 21% 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 | 951 | 1104 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.64 | 4.32 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 10.44 | 9.62 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 2 March 2017 (8 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $501 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4210 has 64% better value for money than Ryzen 7 1800X.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4210 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) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 36 | 22 |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 640 KB |
| L2 cache | 4096 KB | 10 MB |
| L3 cache | 16384 KB | 13.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4210 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 4210. 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| XFR | + | - |
| SenseMI | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4210 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 4210 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 7 1800X and Xeon Silver 4210. 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 4210.
| PCIe version | n/a | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 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 | 9.25 | 7.63 |
| Recency | 2 March 2017 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 10 |
| Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 85 Watt |
Ryzen 7 1800X has a 21.2% higher aggregate performance score.
Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads, and 11.8% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 7 1800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Silver 4210 in performance tests.
Note that Ryzen 7 1800X is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4210 is a server/workstation one.
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