Xeon E5-2699R v4 vs Silver 4208

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E5-2699R v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking993not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.57no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency7.88no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)25 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417$4,560

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E5-2699R v4 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)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads1644
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier2122
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache8 MB5.5 MB
L3 cache11 MB55 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data7200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E5-2699R v4 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)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647no data
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E5-2699R v4. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E5-2699R v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E5-2699R v4 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 Xeon E5-2699R v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size1 TB1,536 GB
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 Xeon E5-2699R v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4840

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 25 October 2016
Physical cores 8 22
Threads 16 44
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 145 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 70.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2699R v4, on the other hand, has 175% more physical cores and 175% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E5-2699R v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation processor while Xeon E5-2699R v4 is a mobile workstation one.


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