Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs W-2225

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Combined performance score

Xeon W-2225
6.88

Silver 4208 outperforms W-2225 by 8% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking909867
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money15.7113.31
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameno dataCascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date1 October 2019 (4 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$417
Current price$402 $459 (1.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-2225 has 18% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4208.

Technical specs

Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed4.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data512 KB
L2 cacheno data8 MB
L3 cache8.25 MB11 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature61 °C78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth93.85 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 W-2225 6.88
Xeon Silver 4208 7.40
+7.6%

Silver 4208 outperforms W-2225 by 8% 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 W-2225 10567
Xeon Silver 4208 11371
+7.6%

Silver 4208 outperforms W-2225 by 8% 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 W-2225 1435
+48.4%
Xeon Silver 4208 967

W-2225 outperforms Silver 4208 by 48% 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 W-2225 5295
+6.6%
Xeon Silver 4208 4968

W-2225 outperforms Silver 4208 by 7% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.88 7.40
Recency 1 October 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 85 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2225 and Xeon Silver 4208. The differences in performance seem too small.


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