Xeon Silver 4208 vs Ryzen Z2
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Z2 outperforms Xeon Silver 4208 by a moderate 10% 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 | 1031 | 1075 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 16.66 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 26.17 | 7.87 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $417 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen Z2 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 | 3.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 11 MB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 78 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Z2 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 | no data | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2 and Xeon Silver 4208. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| 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
Ryzen Z2 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 Z2 and Xeon Silver 4208 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Z2 and Xeon Silver 4208. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | 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 | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Z2 and Xeon Silver 4208.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.65 | 6.98 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 2 April 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 85 Watt |
Ryzen Z2 has a 9.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 203.6% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Ryzen Z2 and Intel Xeon Silver 4208.
Be aware that Ryzen Z2 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation one.
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