Xeon Gold 5415+ vs Silver 4116

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4116
2017
12 cores / 24 threads, 85 Watt
9.32
Xeon Gold 5415+
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 150 Watt
15.71
+68.6%

Xeon Gold 5415+ outperforms Xeon Silver 4116 by an impressive 69% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking823436
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.3634.59
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency10.389.91
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,002$1,076

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5415+ has 545% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4116.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2416
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16.5 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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)2
SocketFCLGA36474677
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon Silver 4116 9.32
Xeon Gold 5415+ 15.71
+68.6%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Silver 4116 14808
Xeon Gold 5415+ 24951
+68.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.32 15.71
Recency 11 July 2017 10 January 2023
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Silver 4116 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 76.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5415+, on the other hand, has a 68.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5415+ is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4116 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon Gold 5415+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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