Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y vs Silver 4209T

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Combined performance score

Xeon Silver 4209T
7.21

Gold 5315Y outperforms Silver 4209T by 88% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking879482
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money8.2517.28
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date2 April 2019 (4 years old)6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$501no data
Current price$717 (1.4x MSRP)$1111
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5315Y has 109% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4209T.

Technical specs

Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature91 °C81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y 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)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4209T and Xeon Gold 5315Y.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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. 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.

Xeon Silver 4209T 7.21
Xeon Gold 5315Y 13.56
+88.1%

Gold 5315Y outperforms Silver 4209T by 88% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Silver 4209T 11080
Xeon Gold 5315Y 20820
+87.9%

Gold 5315Y outperforms Silver 4209T by 88% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.21 13.56
Recency 2 April 2019 6 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 140 Watt

The Xeon Gold 5315Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4209T in performance tests.


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