Ultra 5 135H vs Xeon Silver 4216
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 5 135H outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 591 | 513 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 16.73 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | Intel Meteor Lake-H |
| Power efficiency | 12.35 | 48.47 |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Meteor Lake-H (2023) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,002 | $342 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) |
| Threads | 32 | 18 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | 112 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 22 MB | 18 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | 110 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H 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 | Intel BGA 2049 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H. 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 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H 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 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR5 |
| 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 Arc 7-Cores iGPU ( - 2200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 8 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 12.96 | 14.24 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 14 |
| Threads | 32 | 18 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 28 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4216 has 14.3% more physical cores and 77.8% more threads.
Ultra 5 135H, on the other hand, has a 9.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4216 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 135H is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4216 and Core Ultra 5 135H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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