Xeon E-2486 vs Silver 4216

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking578not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.42no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency12.28no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,002$506

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3212
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache22 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1 TB128 GB
Max memory channels62
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 4216 and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 16 6
Threads 32 12
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 95 Watt

Xeon Silver 4216 has 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

Xeon E-2486, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 5.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.


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