Xeon Silver 4123 vs Silver 4215

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4215
2019
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
9.09
+0.2%
Xeon Silver 4123
2018
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
9.07

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking846850
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.22no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency10.128.17
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)no data
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)1 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$794no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache8 MBno data
L3 cache11 MB11 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1 TB512 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Silver 4215 9.09
+0.2%
Xeon Silver 4123 9.07

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Silver 4215 14439
+0.2%
Xeon Silver 4123 14405

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.09 9.07
Recency 2 April 2019 1 January 2018
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon Silver 4215 has a 0.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 23.5% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Silver 4123.


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