Xeon Silver 4116 vs Gold 5120

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	683	820
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.13	5.61
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	10.28	10.33
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,555	$1,002

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4116 has 9% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5120.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	28	24
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3 GHz
Multiplier	22	21
L1 cache	896 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	14 MB	12 MB
L3 cache	19.25 MB	16.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	76 °C
Number of transistors	no data	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116. 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	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4116.

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	11.62	9.45
Physical cores	14	12
Threads	28	24
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	85 Watt

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