Atom E660 vs Xeon Silver 4208

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking985not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.81no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency7.88no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Tunnel Creek (2010)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417$54

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads162
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.3 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data26 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data47 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660 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)1
SocketFCLGA3647Intel BGA 676
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660 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 Atom E660 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 Atom E660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR2
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 600

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no 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.



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
+4050%
Atom E660 271

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 14 September 2010
Physical cores 8 1
Threads 16 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 3 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has an age advantage of 8 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Atom E660, on the other hand, has 2733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Atom E660 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4208 and Atom E660, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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