Xeon Silver 4416 vs i5-12400F

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking619not rated
Place by popularity4not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation43.60no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency17.89no data
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)no data
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$180no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads1240
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)no data
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache18 MB (shared)37.5 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size163 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C82 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1700FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.05
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 1 January 2023
Physical cores 6 20
Threads 12 40
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 165 Watt

i5-12400F has 153.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4416, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 233.3% more physical cores and 233.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-12400F and Xeon Silver 4416. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-12400F is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4416 is a server/workstation one.


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