Xeon Bronze 3508U vs Silver 4108

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1138	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.98	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	6.25	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	no data
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Multiplier	18	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	8 MB	no data
L3 cache	11 MB	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	83 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. 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® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon Bronze 3508U.

PCIe version	3.0	4
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	1 October 2023
Threads	16	8
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt

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