Xeon Bronze 3204 vs Silver 4112

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4112
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 85 Watt
4.21
+33.2%

Xeon Silver 4112 outperforms Xeon Bronze 3204 by a substantial 33% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13961621
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.3513.26
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon Bronze
Power efficiency4.523.39
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$473$213

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Bronze 3204 has 296% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4112.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads86
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.9 GHz
Multiplier2619
L1 cache256 KB384 KB
L2 cache4 MB6 MB
L3 cache8.25 MB8.25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °C77 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204 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 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204. 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 Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s102.403 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Bronze 3204.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 4112 4.21
+33.2%
Xeon Bronze 3204 3.16

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 4112 6446
+33.4%
Xeon Bronze 3204 4832

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 4112 953
+37.5%
Xeon Bronze 3204 693

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 4112 3592
+23.3%
Xeon Bronze 3204 2914

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.21 3.16
Recency 11 July 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 6

Xeon Silver 4112 has a 33.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more threads.

Xeon Bronze 3204, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% more physical cores.

The Xeon Silver 4112 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Bronze 3204 in performance tests.


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