Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and Intel Xeon Silver 4116T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
4 more threads: 28 vs 24
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26721 vs 15187

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 12
Number of threads	28 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	26721 vs 15187

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1781 vs 1394

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1781 vs 1394

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1394

1781

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

26721

15187

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1394	1781
PassMark - CPU mark	26721	15187

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Skylake
Family	Xeon Gold
Launch date	11 July 2017	Q3'17
Place in performance rating	1214	1200
Processor Number	5117	4116T
Series	5100	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	896 KB
L2 cache	14 MB
L3 cache	19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	14	12
Number of threads	28	24
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2	2
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature		91°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GiB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2400
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	85 Watt
Package Size		76.0mm x 56.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	4S	2S
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		1
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)