Phenom II X4 920 vs Xeon Silver 4110
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4110 outperforms Phenom II X4 920 by a whopping 371% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 1112 | 2305 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.93 | 4.49 |
Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
Power efficiency | 7.17 | 1.04 |
Designer | Intel | AMD |
Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Deneb (2009−2011) |
Release date | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 8 January 2009 (16 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $501 | $90 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4110 has 10% better value for money than Phenom II X4 920.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4110 and Phenom II X4 920 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
Threads | 16 | 4 |
Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
Multiplier | 21 | no data |
L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 8 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
L3 cache | 11 MB | 6 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | no data | 258 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 77 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | no data | 758 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4110 and Phenom II X4 920 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
Socket | FCLGA3647 | AM3 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Phenom II X4 920. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
AES-NI | + | - |
AVX | + | - |
vPro | + | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Speed Shift | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
TSX | + | - |
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4110 and Phenom II X4 920 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 Phenom II X4 920 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 Phenom II X4 920. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Phenom II X4 920.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 6.40 | 1.36 |
Recency | 11 July 2017 | 8 January 2009 |
Physical cores | 8 | 4 |
Threads | 16 | 4 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4110 has a 370.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 47.1% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4110 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Phenom II X4 920 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4110 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 920 is a desktop one.
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