Intel Xeon Silver 4214 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8153

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4214 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8153 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 4214

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1791 vs 1622
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1791 vs 1622

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8153

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
  • 8 more threads: 32 vs 24
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30465 vs 25464
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 12
Number of threads 32 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 30465 vs 25464

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4214
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Platinum 8153

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1791
1622
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25464
30465
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4214 Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
PassMark - Single thread mark 1791 1622
PassMark - CPU mark 25464 30465

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4214 Intel Xeon Platinum 8153

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Skylake
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP) $694-704
Place in performance rating 1042 1047
Processor Number 4214 8153
Vertical segment Server Server
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 16.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 77 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 12 16
Number of threads 24 32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2 3
Maximum core temperature 87°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 6
Maximum memory size 1 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-2666

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 125 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 48
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 2S S8S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Intel® TSX-NI
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2

Virtualization

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