Xeon Silver 4210 vs Platinum 8124

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated880
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.88
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiencyno data9.47
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$501

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads3620
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3022
L1 cache1.125 MB640 KB
L2 cache18 MB10 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketSocket PFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)240 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 18 10
Threads 36 20
Power consumption (TDP) 240 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8124 has 80% more physical cores and 80% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has 182.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8124 and Xeon Silver 4210. We've got no test results to judge.


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