Xeon Silver 4416+ vs Silver 4216

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	578	152
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.42	72.24
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	12.28	16.68
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$1,186

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4416+ has 315% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4216.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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 cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads	32	40
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.9 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	37.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	82 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	4677
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Silver 4416+.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	12.98	29.09
Recency	2 April 2019	10 January 2023
Physical cores	16	20
Threads	32	40
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	165 Watt

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