Xeon Gold 5420+ vs Silver 4215

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	766	80
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.23	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Sapphire Rapids
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$794	no data
Current price	$730 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+ 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)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	16	56
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	11 MB	52.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+ 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)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	4677
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+ are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Gold 5420+.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

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.

Gold 5420+ outperforms Silver 4215 by 299% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.34	37.24
Recency	2 April 2019	10 January 2023
Physical cores	8	28
Threads	16	56
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	205 Watt

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