Opteron 240 vs Xeon Silver 4116

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking822not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.65no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency10.28no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)SledgeHammer (2003−2005)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)April 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,002no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4116 and Opteron 240 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads241
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.4 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache768 KB128 KB
L2 cache12 MB1 MB
L3 cache16.5 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data193 mm2
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Number of transistors8,000 million106 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Opteron 240 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
SocketFCLGA3647940
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Opteron 240. 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)+no data
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 4116 and Opteron 240 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Opteron 240 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

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

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Opteron 240.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 12 1
Threads 24 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm

Xeon Silver 4116 has 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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