E1-6010 vs Xeon Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	920	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	23.53	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	AMD E-Series
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Beema (2014)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data
Current price	$254 (0.6x MSRP)	$314

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010 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	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.35 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	8 MB	1024 KB
L3 cache	11 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FT3b
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010. 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	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, Single-Channel DDR3L-1333
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
PowerNow	no data	+
PowerGating	no data	+
Out-of-band client management	no data	-
VirusProtect	no data	+
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	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010 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 E1-6010 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	1
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
Enduro	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and E1-6010.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	29 April 2014
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	10 Watt

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