Intel Xeon Silver 4216 vs Intel Xeon D-1537

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4216 and Intel Xeon D-1537 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4216

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • Around 39% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 128 GB
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1780 vs 1225
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30184 vs 7444
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1780 vs 1225
PassMark - CPU mark 30184 vs 7444

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1537

  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4216
CPU 2: Intel Xeon D-1537

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1780
1225
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
30184
7444
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon D-1537
PassMark - Single thread mark 1780 1225
PassMark - CPU mark 30184 7444
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2528
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12787

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon D-1537

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q4'15
Launch price (MSRP) $1002-1012
Place in performance rating 979 972
Processor Number 4216 D-1537
Vertical segment Server Server
Series Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 1.70 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 22 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 79 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 2.30 GHz
Number of cores 16 8
Number of threads 32 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4, DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCBGA1667
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0/3.0
Scalability 2S 1S Only
Integrated LAN
Number of USB ports 8
PCIe configurations x4 x8 x16
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX2
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
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
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)