i7-9850HE vs Xeon Silver 4208

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4208
2019
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
7.00
+10.4%
Core i7-9850HE
2019
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
6.34

Xeon Silver 4208 outperforms Core i7-9850HE by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i7-9850HE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10401102
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.20no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency7.8313.39
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Coffee Lake-HR (2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)June 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i7-9850HE 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.4 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache11 MB9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i7-9850HE 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
SocketFCLGA3647Intel BGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i7-9850HE. 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 i7-9850HE 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 i7-9850HE 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 i7-9850HE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i7-9850HE.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes48no 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Xeon Silver 4208 7.00
+10.4%
i7-9850HE 6.34

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Silver 4208 11211
+10.3%
i7-9850HE 10163

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.00 6.34
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has a 10.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

i7-9850HE, on the other hand, has 88.9% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Silver 4208 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-9850HE in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-9850HE is a notebook one.

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