Xeon Gold 5412U vs Silver 4112

Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4112
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 85 Watt
4.06
Xeon Gold 5412U
2023
24 cores / 48 threads, 185 Watt
33.09
+715%

Xeon Gold 5412U outperforms Xeon Silver 4112 by a whopping 715% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Gold 5412U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1415121
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.0192.56
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency4.5216.92
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$473$1,113

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5412U has 2975% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4112.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Gold 5412U 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads848
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache256 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache8.25 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Gold 5412U 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)1
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Gold 5412U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® 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 4112 and Xeon Gold 5412U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Gold 5412U 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 Gold 5412U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon Gold 5412U.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

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 4.06
Xeon Gold 5412U 33.09
+715%

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
Xeon Gold 5412U 52557
+715%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.06 33.09
Recency 11 July 2017 10 January 2023
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 8 48
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon Silver 4112 has 117.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5412U, on the other hand, has a 715% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5412U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4112 in performance tests.


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