Xeon Silver 4208 vs D-2143IT

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-2143IT and Xeon Silver 4208 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	927	973
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.82	19.26
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon D	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	11.42	7.89
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	7 February 2018 (6 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$566	$417

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4208 has 78% better value for money than Xeon D-2143IT.

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-2143IT 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	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	21
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB	11 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	78 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-2143IT 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	FCBGA2518	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-2143IT and Xeon Silver 4208. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
QuickAssist	-	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon D-2143IT and Xeon Silver 4208 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-2143IT and Xeon Silver 4208 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-2143IT and Xeon Silver 4208. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	512 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-2143IT and Xeon Silver 4208.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	32	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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.16	7.37
Recency	7 February 2018	2 April 2019
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	85 Watt

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