Athlon II X2 215 vs Xeon Silver 4208

Place in the ranking	985	2775
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.81	8.66
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	7.88	0.90
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$45

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4208 has 117% better value for money than Athlon II X2 215.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon II X2 215 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	11 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117 mm²
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon II X2 215 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	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon II X2 215. 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	+	-
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
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon II X2 215 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 4208 and Athlon II X2 215 are enumerated here.

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 4208 and Athlon II X2 215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon II X2 215.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

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 4208 7.35
+1048%

Athlon II X2 215 0.64

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 4208 11247
+1056%

Athlon II X2 215 973

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Silver 4208 929
+240%

Athlon II X2 215 273

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Silver 4208 4795
+914%

Athlon II X2 215 473

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.35	0.64
Recency	2 April 2019	20 October 2009
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has a 1048.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon II X2 215, on the other hand, has 30.8% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Silver 4208 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X2 215 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon II X2 215 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4208 and Athlon II X2 215, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.