Intel Xeon Silver 4116T vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4116T and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • 12 more threads: 24 vs 12
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15187 vs 11240
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Number of threads 24 vs 12
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 15187 vs 11240

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

  • Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 91°C
  • Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1884 vs 1781
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 91°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1884 vs 1781

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1781
1884
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15187
11240
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4116T AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
PassMark - Single thread mark 1781 1884
PassMark - CPU mark 15187 11240
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3665
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 43.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.469

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4116T AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Zen
Launch date Q3'17 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1206 1190
Processor Number 4116T
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD160BBBM6IAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 91°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 12 6
Number of threads 24 12
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 576 KB
L2 cache 3 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 6 2
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
TSM Encryption

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)