i7-6950X Extreme Edition vs Xeon Silver 4214

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking763not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.76no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Core i7EE
Power efficiency11.40no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$694$1,743

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Multiplier2230
L1 cache768 KBno data
L2 cache12 MB2.5 MB
L3 cache16.5 MB25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data3400 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647no data
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition. 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+no data
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 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition 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 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size1 TB128 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 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4840

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 12 10
Threads 24 20
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 140 Watt

Xeon Silver 4214 has 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads, and 64.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4214 and Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4214 is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition is a desktop one.


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