A12-9720P vs Xeon Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and A12-9720P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	988	2052
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.68	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	7.88	10.58
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and A12-9720P 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	8 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	11 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and A12-9720P 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and A12-9720P. 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	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and A12-9720P 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 4208 and A12-9720P 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 4208 and A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	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

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and A12-9720P.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

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	7.35	1.74
Recency	2 April 2019	1 June 2016
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

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