Ryzen 5 1600AF vs Xeon Silver 4208

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Ryzen 5 1600AF 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 segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency7.88no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)11 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Ryzen 5 1600AF 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache11 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data192 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Ryzen 5 1600AF 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
SocketFCLGA3647AM4
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Ryzen 5 1600AF. 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)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Ryzen 5 1600AF 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 Ryzen 5 1600AF are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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 Ryzen 5 1600AF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size1 TBno 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 4208 and Ryzen 5 1600AF.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 11 October 2019
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 1600AF, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 30.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Ryzen 5 1600AF. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 1600AF is a desktop one.


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