5 120HL vs Xeon Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Core 5 120HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	993	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.46	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	7.88	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Raptor Lake-PS (2024)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	8 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Core 5 120HL 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4.7 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	11 MB	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Core 5 120HL 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	1700
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core 5 120HL. 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	+	+
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
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Core 5 120HL 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 4208 and Core 5 120HL are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core 5 120HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4, DDR5
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

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core 5 120HL.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	8 April 2024
Physical cores	8	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

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