Xeon E-2336 vs Silver 4214Y

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	662	648
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	7.64	3.58
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Rocket Lake-E (2021)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	8 September 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$768	no data
Current price	$1281 (1.7x MSRP)	$4189

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4214Y has 113% better value for money than Xeon E-2336.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	24	12
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4.8 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16.5 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336 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	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336. 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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
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	-	no data
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4214Y and Xeon E-2336.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	20

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.

E-2336 outperforms Silver 4214Y by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	10.63	10.84
Recency	2 April 2019	8 September 2021
Physical cores	12	6
Threads	24	12
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

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