Ultra 5 236V vs Xeon Silver 4116T

Place in the ranking	800	557
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	10.65	75.14
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	24	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	no data	37 MHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	192 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16.5 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	91 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V 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 2833
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V. 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 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V 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 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	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

Arc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.56	13.49
Recency	11 July 2017	24 September 2024
Physical cores	12	8
Threads	24	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	17 Watt

Xeon Silver 4116T has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Ultra 5 236V, on the other hand, has a 41.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The Core Ultra 5 236V is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4116T in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4116T is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 236V is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4116T and Core Ultra 5 236V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.