Xeon Silver 4214Y vs Platinum 8158

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated755
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data16.27
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiencyno data11.52
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,007$768

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads2424
Base clock speed3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplier3022
L1 cache768 KB768 KB
L2 cache12 MB12 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB16.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature85 °C77 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y. 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--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB1 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 Platinum 8158 and Xeon Silver 4214Y.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 2 April 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon Silver 4214Y has an age advantage of 1 year, and 76.5% lower power consumption.

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