Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon Gold 6230 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 Silver 4208

Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6230

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 20 vs 8
24 more threads: 40 vs 16
Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
2.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2098 vs 1789
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44580 vs 19398

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	20 vs 8
Number of threads	40 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
L1 cache	1.25 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache	20 MB vs 8 MB
L3 cache	27.5 MB vs 11 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2098 vs 1789
PassMark - CPU mark	44580 vs 19398

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6230

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1789

2098

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19398

44580

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon Gold 6230
PassMark - Single thread mark	1789	2098
PassMark - CPU mark	19398	44580

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon Gold 6230
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Cascade Lake
Family	Xeon Silver	Xeon Gold
Launch date	2 April 2019	2 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$1894, $1900
Place in performance rating	1046	538
Processor Number	4208	6230
Series	4200	6200
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	1.25 MB
L2 cache	8 MB	20 MB
L3 cache	11 MB	27.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C	87 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	20
Number of threads	16	40
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2	3
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4 × 8 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2933
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
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 SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)