Xeon D-1541 vs Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-1541 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1003	1071
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.06	2.84
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon D
Power efficiency	7.86	13.26
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$581

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4208 has 536% better value for money than Xeon D-1541.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-1541 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Multiplier	21	21
L1 cache	512 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	11 MB	1.5 MB (per core)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
Number of transistors	no data	3,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-1541 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-1541. 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	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-1541 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-1541 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 D-1541. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon D-1541.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0/3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	24
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	6
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	+
UART	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	7.06	6.31
Recency	2 April 2019	1 November 2015
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

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