Xeon W-1290TE vs Silver 4215R
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4215R outperforms Xeon W-1290TE by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1050 | 1059 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.02 | 6.09 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.72 | 9.99 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Comet Lake (2020−2025) |
| Release date | 24 February 2020 (5 years ago) | 13 May 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $794 | $552 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon W-1290TE has 51% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4215R.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon W-1290TE 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) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 32 | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 11 MB | 20 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 206 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon W-1290TE 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | 1200 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon W-1290TE. 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 |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon W-1290TE 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 4215R and Xeon W-1290TE are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon W-1290TE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4 |
| 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 | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics P630 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon W-1290TE.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.38 | 8.28 |
| Recency | 24 February 2020 | 13 May 2020 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 10 |
| Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4215R has a 1.2% higher aggregate performance score.
Xeon W-1290TE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads, and 271.4% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon Silver 4215R and Intel Xeon W-1290TE.
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