Ultra 5 225F vs Xeon Silver 4123

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking850not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency8.17no data
Architecture codenameno dataArrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date1 January 2018 (6 years ago)January 2025

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1610
Base clock speed3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data3 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB21 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA36471851
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
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 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5
Maximum memory size512 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4820

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 10
Threads 16 10
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Silver 4123 has 60% more threads.

Ultra 5 225F, on the other hand, has 25% more physical cores, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 61.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4123 and Core Ultra 5 225F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4123 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 225F is a desktop one.


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