i7-7820EQ vs Xeon Silver 4116

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and Core i7-7820EQ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	821	1254
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.52	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Core i7
Power efficiency	10.32	9.99
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$378

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4116 and Core i7-7820EQ 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	24	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	31
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	8 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Core i7-7820EQ 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Core i7-7820EQ. 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	+	+
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 i7-7820EQ 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 i7-7820EQ 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 i7-7820EQ. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Core i7-7820EQ.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.27	4.75
Recency	11 July 2017	3 January 2017
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	24	8
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

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