FX-770K vs Xeon Silver 4116

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	820	1951
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.60	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	10.33	2.80
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	December 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	24	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.9 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	256K
L2 cache	12 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K 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)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and FX-770K.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

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	9.45	1.96
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	24	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

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