Xeon Silver 4216 vs Pentium 917

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	578
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.53
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	no data	12.28
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,002

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216 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	2 (Dual-core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	32
Base clock speed	no data	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	128 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	512 KB	16 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	22 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	79 °C
Number of transistors	504 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	no data	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	16 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 917 and Xeon Silver 4216.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	32
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	100 Watt

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