Xeon Silver 4116 vs Silver 4215

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4215
2019
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
9.09
Xeon Silver 4116
2017
12 cores / 24 threads, 85 Watt
9.32
+2.5%

Xeon Silver 4116 outperforms Xeon Silver 4215 by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking845823
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.235.37
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency10.1210.38
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$794$1,002

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4215 has 146% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4116.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1624
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3 GHz
Multiplier2521
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB16.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °C76 °C
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116 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 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116. 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--
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1 TB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 4215 9.09
Xeon Silver 4116 9.32
+2.5%

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.

Xeon Silver 4215 14439
Xeon Silver 4116 14808
+2.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Silver 4215 1030
+12.9%
Xeon Silver 4116 912

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Silver 4215 6610
+14.5%
Xeon Silver 4116 5771

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.09 9.32
Recency 2 April 2019 11 July 2017
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 24

Xeon Silver 4215 has an age advantage of 1 year.

Xeon Silver 4116, on the other hand, has a 2.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4116.


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