Athlon MP 1000 vs Xeon Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon MP 1000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	990	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.64	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	AMD Athlon MP
Power efficiency	7.89	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	K7 (2000−2004)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	5 June 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$215

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon MP 1000 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	16	1
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	no data	266 MT/s
Multiplier	21	7.5
L1 cache	512 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	11 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Die size	no data	128 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	38 Million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon MP 1000 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)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	46.1 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon MP 1000. 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)	+	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 Athlon MP 1000 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 Athlon MP 1000 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 Athlon MP 1000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 GB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon MP 1000.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	5 June 2001
Physical cores	8	1
Threads	16	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	46 Watt

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