Xeon Gold 5220R vs Silver 4216

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	521	226
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.14	18.95
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$1,555
Current price	$1626 (1.6x MSRP)	$1622 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5220R has 133% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4216.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	32	48
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	1 MB	1.5 MB
L2 cache	16 MB	24 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	86 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R. 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5220R.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

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 5220R outperforms Silver 4216 by 62% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.33	21.57
Recency	2 April 2019	24 February 2020
Physical cores	16	24
Threads	32	48
Cost	$1002	$1555
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt

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