Xeon Silver 4210 vs D-1559
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4210 outperforms Xeon D-1559 by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1456 | 1106 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.44 | 4.30 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 10.84 | 9.64 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | no data | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $727 | $501 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4210 has 877% better value for money than Xeon D-1559.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon D-1559 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 15 | 22 |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 640 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| L3 cache | 18 MB | 13.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 306.18 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4700 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1559 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 | FCBGA1667 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1559 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon D-1559 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1559 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1559 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR3 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.124 GB/s | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1559 and Xeon Silver 4210.
| PCIe version | 2.0/3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 32 | 48 |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 6 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | + | no data |
| UART | + | no data |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.55 | 7.64 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 10 |
| Threads | 24 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 85 Watt |
Xeon D-1559 has 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads, and 88.9% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has a 67.9% higher aggregate performance score.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4210 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon D-1559 in performance tests.
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