7 240H vs Xeon Silver 4116

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and Core 7 240H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	822	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.33	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	10.38	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Raptor Lake-H (2023−2024)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	18 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$502

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4116 and Core 7 240H 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	24	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	5.2 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Core 7 240H 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	Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Core 7 240H. 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)	+	+
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 4116 and Core 7 240H 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 4116 and Core 7 240H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Core 7 240H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4, DDR5
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

Iris Xe Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Core 7 240H.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	18 December 2024
Physical cores	12	10
Threads	24	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

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