Xeon D-2899NT vs Silver 4215

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking846not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.22no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency10.12no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Ice Lake-D (2022−2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$794$2,138

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT 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 speed2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache512 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon D-2899NT.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4832
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 22
Threads 16 44
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 135 Watt

Xeon Silver 4215 has 58.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2899NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 175% more physical cores and 175% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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