Xeon Gold 5122 vs Silver 4116

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	710	1042
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	30.91	6.99
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$1,221
Current price	$164 (0.2x MSRP)	$294 (0.2x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4116 has 342% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5122.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122 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	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122 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)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122. 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	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5122.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

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.

Silver 4116 outperforms Gold 5122 by 71% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	9.78	5.72
Recency	11 July 2017	25 April 2017
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	24	8
Cost	$1002	$1221
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	105 Watt

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