Opteron 8218 HE vs Xeon Silver 4110

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1059not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.87no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency7.17no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Santa Rosa (2006−2007)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)7 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$501$1,340

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.6 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data235 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE 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)8
SocketFCLGA3647F
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt68 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
PowerNow-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR2
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Opteron 8218 HE.

PCIe version3.01.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 7 February 2007
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 68 Watt

Xeon Silver 4110 has an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

Opteron 8218 HE, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

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