Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs Silver 4116

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Combined performance score

Xeon Silver 4116
9.81
+12.4%

Silver 4116 outperforms Silver 4210 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking698785
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money7.7318.53
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date11 July 2017 (6 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,002$501
Current price$665 (0.7x MSRP)$406 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210 has 140% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4116.

Technical specs

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Silver 4210 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)640 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)10 MB
L3 cache16.5 MB (shared)13.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °C78 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Silver 4210 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)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® 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--
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 Silver 4210 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 Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 4116 9.81
+12.4%
Xeon Silver 4210 8.73

Silver 4116 outperforms Silver 4210 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Silver 4116 15065
+12.4%
Xeon Silver 4210 13407

Silver 4116 outperforms Silver 4210 by 12% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Silver 4116 756
Xeon Silver 4210 996
+31.7%

Silver 4210 outperforms Silver 4116 by 32% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Silver 4116 4848
Xeon Silver 4210 5745
+18.5%

Silver 4210 outperforms Silver 4116 by 19% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.81 8.73
Recency 11 July 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 12 10
Threads 24 20
Cost $1002 $501

The Xeon Silver 4116 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4210 in performance tests.


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