Xeon Silver 4410Y vs Gold 5120

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 5120
2017
14 cores / 28 threads, 105 Watt
11.62
Xeon Silver 4410Y
2023
12 cores / 24 threads, 150 Watt
15.36
+32.2%

Xeon Silver 4410Y outperforms Xeon Gold 5120 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking676456
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.0463.10
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.479.68
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,555$573

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4410Y has 1152% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5120.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads2824
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache896 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache14 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache19.25 MB30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

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. 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.

Xeon Gold 5120 11.62
Xeon Silver 4410Y 15.36
+32.2%

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.

Xeon Gold 5120 18454
Xeon Silver 4410Y 24399
+32.2%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Gold 5120 844
Xeon Silver 4410Y 1436
+70.1%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Gold 5120 5913
Xeon Silver 4410Y 9927
+67.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.62 15.36
Recency 11 July 2017 10 January 2023
Physical cores 14 12
Threads 28 24
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Gold 5120 has 16.7% more physical cores and 16.7% more threads, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4410Y, on the other hand, has a 32.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 years.

The Xeon Silver 4410Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5120 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4410Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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