Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs Gold 5217

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Combined performance score

Xeon Gold 5217
10.05
+2.4%

Gold 5217 outperforms Silver 4210R by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking679697
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.2127.85
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (4 years old)24 February 2020 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,522$511
Current price$2142 (1.4x MSRP)$381 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210R has 562% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5217.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1620
Base clock speed3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache512 KB640 KB
L2 cache8 MB10 MB
L3 cache11 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °C84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Silver 4210R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 5217 10.05
+2.4%
Xeon Silver 4210R 9.81

Gold 5217 outperforms Silver 4210R by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Gold 5217 15429
+2.3%
Xeon Silver 4210R 15075

Gold 5217 outperforms Silver 4210R by 2% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.05 9.81
Recency 2 April 2019 24 February 2020
Physical cores 8 10
Threads 16 20
Cost $1522 $511
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 100 Watt

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