Xeon D-2896NT vs Silver 4108

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1138not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.98no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency6.25no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)no data
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads1640
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache8 MBno data
L3 cache11 MB30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmno data
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt117 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4108 and Xeon D-2896NT.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4832
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 1 October 2023
Physical cores 8 20
Threads 16 40
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 117 Watt

Xeon Silver 4108 has 37.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2896NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads.

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