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 ranking987not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.75no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency7.88no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date2 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.

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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 cores8 (Octa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier2126
L1 cache512 KB1 MB
L2 cache8 MB16 MB
L3 cache11 MB22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature78 °C87 °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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt160 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 extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
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 typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1 TB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon Gold 6142F.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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.

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