Pentium 4 1.3 vs Xeon Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Pentium 4 1.3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	988	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.67	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	7.88	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Willamette (2000−2001)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Pentium 4 1.3 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	16	1
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.3 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	11 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Die size	no data	217 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	no data	42 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Pentium 4 1.3 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	478
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	52 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Pentium 4 1.3. 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 Pentium 4 1.3 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 Pentium 4 1.3 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 Pentium 4 1.3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR1, DDR2
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	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Pentium 4 1.3.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	8	1
Threads	16	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	52 Watt

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