Xeon Bronze 3408U vs Silver 4208

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4208
2019
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
7.06
+12.4%
Xeon Bronze 3408U
2023
8 cores / 8 threads, 125 Watt
6.28

Xeon Silver 4208 outperforms Xeon Bronze 3408U by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10031075
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.0829.04
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency7.864.75
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417$425

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Bronze 3408U has 61% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4208.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.9 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Bronze 3408U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4880

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 7.06
+12.4%
Xeon Bronze 3408U 6.28

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 11215
+12.5%
Xeon Bronze 3408U 9969

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.06 6.28
Recency 2 April 2019 10 January 2023
Threads 16 8
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has a 12.4% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, and 47.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Bronze 3408U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.

The Xeon Silver 4208 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Bronze 3408U in performance tests.


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