i3-7110U vs Xeon Silver 4208
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 991 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 18.51 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Laptop |
Series | Intel Xeon Silver | Intel Core i3 |
Power efficiency | 7.88 | no data |
Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) |
Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $417 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 16 | 4 |
Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
Bus type | no data | OPI |
Bus rate | no data | 4 GT/s |
Multiplier | 21 | 26 |
L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 8 MB | 512 KB |
L3 cache | 11 MB | 3 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
Socket | FCLGA3647 | no data |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U. 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 |
Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U 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 Core i3-7110U 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 i3-7110U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | LPDDR3-1866 |
Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 32 GB |
Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | 34.134 GB/s |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics 620 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 48 | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
Threads | 16 | 4 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4208 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
i3-7110U, on the other hand, has 466.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Core i3-7110U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7110U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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