Xeon Silver 3508U vs Bronze 3206R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1022	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	7.57	no data
Architecture codename	no data	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$415

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U 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	8	16
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	11 MB	22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	83 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U 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	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	4677
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Silver 3508U.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2020	14 December 2023
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt

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