Xeon D-2146NT vs Silver 4208

General info

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-2146NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	878	866
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	13.29	2.65
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon D
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	7 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$641
Current price	$459 (1.1x MSRP)	$1677 (2.6x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4208 has 402% better value for money than Xeon D-2146NT.

Technical specs

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-2146NT 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB	11 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 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 Xeon D-2146NT 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
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA2518
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-2146NT. 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	Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
QuickAssist	no data	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-2146NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	no data	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-2146NT are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-2146NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	512 GB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	85.33 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-2146NT.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	32

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

D-2146NT outperforms Silver 4208 by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	7.35	7.59
Recency	2 April 2019	7 February 2018
Cost	$417	$641
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	80 Watt

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