Xeon Gold 6142F vs Silver 4208
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 987 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 18.75 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Series | Intel Xeon Silver | Intel Xeon Gold |
Power efficiency | 7.88 | no data |
Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) |
Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $417 | $3,101 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
Threads | 16 | 32 |
Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
Multiplier | 21 | 26 |
L1 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
L2 cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
L3 cache | 11 MB | 22 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | 87 °C |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F 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) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA3647 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 160 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F. 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | + | + |
vPro | + | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
Speed Shift | + | + |
Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
TSX | + | + |
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | - |
Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F 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 Gold 6142F 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 Gold 6142F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-2666 |
Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 768 GB |
Max memory channels | 6 | 6 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | 128.001 GB/s |
ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 48 | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 2 April 2019 | 11 July 2017 |
Physical cores | 8 | 16 |
Threads | 16 | 32 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 160 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4208 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 88.2% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6142F, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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