Phenom II X4 P940 vs Xeon Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1003not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.06no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Silver4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency7.86no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 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 Phenom II X4 P940 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB512 KB
L2 cache8 MB2 MB
L3 cache11 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Phenom II X4 P940 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
VirusProtect-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
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 Phenom II X4 P940 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 Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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 Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Phenom II X4 P940.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 4 October 2010
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X4 P940, on the other hand, has 240% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Phenom II X4 P940. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 P940 is a notebook one.


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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
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