Intel Xeon Silver 4416+: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon Silver 4416+ sales 10 January 2023. This is a Sapphire Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 20 cores and 40 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3900 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 4677 processor with a TDP of 165 Watt and a maximum temperature of 82 °C. It supports DDR5-4000 memory.

General info

Xeon Silver 4416+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	139
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids
Release date	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads	40
Base clock speed	2 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	80K (per core)	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache	37.5 MB	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	10 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82 °C	of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4416+ compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	4677
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4416+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
AVX	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
TSX	+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4416+'s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5-4000

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	5.0
PCI Express lanes	80	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Silver 4416+. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Relative performance

Overall Xeon Silver 4416+ performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.

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