Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon E7-4830

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon E7-4830 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Intel Xeon E7-4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1740 vs 1012

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1740 vs 1012

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4830

2x more maximum memory size: 2 TB vs 1 TB
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19981 vs 18023

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	2 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	19981 vs 18023

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4830

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1740

1012

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18023

19981

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E7-4830
PassMark - Single thread mark	1740	1012
PassMark - CPU mark	18023	19981
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1696
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		10382

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E7-4830
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Westmere EX
Family	Xeon Silver
Launch date	2 April 2019	Q2'11
Launch price (MSRP)	$417
Place in performance rating	1189	1194
Processor Number	4208	E7-4830
Series	4200	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.13 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		64°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	2 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	2S	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
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® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)