Xeon Silver 4214 vs D-2166NT

General info

Comparing Xeon D-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	704	665
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.55	8.10
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon D	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	7 February 2018 (6 years old)	2 April 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,005	$694
Current price	$2473 (2.5x MSRP)	$1180 (1.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4214 has 218% better value for money than Xeon D-2166NT.

Technical specs

Xeon D-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	24	24
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	12 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	77 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214 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	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA2518	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214. 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	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon D-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214. 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-2166NT and Xeon Silver 4214.

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.

Silver 4214 outperforms D-2166NT by 7% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	9.86	10.57
Recency	7 February 2018	2 April 2019
Cost	$1005	$694

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