Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4215

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon Silver 4215 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4215

  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22379 vs 19463
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1810 vs 1802
PassMark - CPU mark 22379 vs 19463

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4215

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1802
1810
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19463
22379
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4215
PassMark - Single thread mark 1802 1810
PassMark - CPU mark 19463 22379

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4215

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Cascade Lake
Family Xeon Silver Xeon Silver
Launch date 2 April 2019 2 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $417 $794
Place in performance rating 1043 988
Processor Number 4208 4215
Series 4200 4200
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 11 MB 11 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 78 °C 77 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2 2
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s 107.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1 TB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 85 Watt

Peripherals

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

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)