Xeon E7-2860 vs Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking991not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.56no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency7.88no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417$3,670

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1620
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.67 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
Multiplier2117
L1 cache512 KB640 KB
L2 cache8 MB2.56 MB
L3 cache11 MB24 MB
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data513 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °C69 °C
Number of transistorsno data2600 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860 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)
SocketFCLGA3647LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.01.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860 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 E7-2860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 5 April 2011
Physical cores 8 10
Threads 16 20
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 130 Watt

Xeon Silver 4208 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 52.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-2860, on the other hand, has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E7-2860. We've got no test results to judge.


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