Xeon Silver 4310 vs Silver 4108

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4108
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
5.62
Xeon Silver 4310
2021
12 cores / 24 threads, 120 Watt
14.01
+149%

Xeon Silver 4310 outperforms Xeon Silver 4108 by a whopping 149% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1151528
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.62no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency6.2511.04
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1624
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data82 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310. 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-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size768 GB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Silver 4310.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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 Silver 4108 5.62
Xeon Silver 4310 14.01
+149%

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 Silver 4108 8926
Xeon Silver 4310 22250
+149%

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 Silver 4108 826
Xeon Silver 4310 1230
+48.9%

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 Silver 4108 4391
Xeon Silver 4310 7821
+78.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.62 14.01
Recency 11 July 2017 6 April 2021
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 120 Watt

Xeon Silver 4108 has 41.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310, on the other hand, has a 149.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4108 in performance tests.


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