i3-7340 vs Xeon Silver 4208

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking987not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.71no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Core i3
Power efficiency7.88no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)17 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417$157

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7340 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.1 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier2142
L1 cache512 KB128 KB
L2 cache8 MB512 KB
L3 cache11 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7340 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA36471151
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7340 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 i3-7340 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 Core i3-7340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size1 TB64 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7340.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 17 July 2017
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 51 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

i3-7340, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-7340. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Core i3-7340 is a desktop one.


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