Xeon Silver 4216 vs Phi 5110P
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 576 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 17.62 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.28 |
| Architecture codename | Knights Corner (2012−2014) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 12 November 2012 (11 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,002 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216 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 | 60 (Hexaconta-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 240 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.05 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 32 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB (shared) | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 350 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216 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 | PCIe x16 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 100 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 November 2012 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 60 | 16 |
| Threads | 240 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 100 Watt |
Xeon Phi 5110P has 275% more physical cores and 650% more threads.
Xeon Silver 4216, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 125% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Phi 5110P and Xeon Silver 4216, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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