Intel Xeon W-3223 vs Silver 4216

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Combined performance score

Xeon Silver 4216
13.42
+19.8%

Silver 4216 outperforms W-3223 by 20% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon W-3223 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking494617
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money8.2022.50
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon W
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (4 years old)3 June 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,002$749
Current price$1616 (1.6x MSRP)$480 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-3223 has 174% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4216.

Technical specs

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon W-3223 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus supportno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache1 MB512 KB
L2 cache16 MB8 MB
L3 cache22 MB16.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °C68 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon W-3223 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt160 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon W-3223. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® 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-+
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon W-3223 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 W-3223 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 W-3223. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon W-3223.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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 4216 13.42
+19.8%
Xeon W-3223 11.20

Silver 4216 outperforms W-3223 by 20% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Silver 4216 20613
+19.8%
Xeon W-3223 17204

Silver 4216 outperforms W-3223 by 20% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Silver 4216 1005
Xeon W-3223 1367
+36%

W-3223 outperforms Silver 4216 by 36% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Silver 4216 7680
Xeon W-3223 7938
+3.4%

W-3223 outperforms Silver 4216 by 3% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 13.42 11.20
Recency 2 April 2019 3 June 2019
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Cost $1002 $749
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 160 Watt

The Xeon Silver 4216 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon W-3223 in performance tests.


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