Xeon 6960P vs Silver 4112

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon 6960P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1415not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.01no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency4.52no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$473no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon 6960P 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads8144
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache256 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache8.25 MB432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon 6960P 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
SocketFCLGA36477529
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon 6960P. 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++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 4112 and Xeon 6960P 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 Silver 4112 and Xeon 6960P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon 6960P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5
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 4112 and Xeon 6960P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4896

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 24 September 2024
Physical cores 4 72
Threads 8 144
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon Silver 4112 has 488.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6960P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 1700% more physical cores and 1700% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon 6960P. We've got no test results to judge.


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