Xeon Silver 4214Y vs Bronze 3104

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1675	745
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.22	16.69
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Bronze	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	3.11	11.53
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$213	$768

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4214Y has 295% better value for money than Xeon Bronze 3104.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	6	24
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Multiplier	17	22
L1 cache	384 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	12 MB
L3 cache	8.25 MB	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	77 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	102.403 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Silver 4214Y.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.85	10.55
Recency	11 July 2017	2 April 2019
Physical cores	6	12
Threads	6	24

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