Intel Xeon X5460 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon X5460 and Intel Xeon Silver 4208 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon X5460

Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5460

Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	12 MB vs 8 MB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4208

CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	2 April 2019 vs 12 Nov 2007
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	512 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon X5460
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Name	Intel Xeon X5460	Intel Xeon Silver 4208
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0
PassMark - Single thread mark		1789
PassMark - CPU mark		19398

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon X5460	Intel Xeon Silver 4208
Essentials
Architecture codename	Harpertown	Cascade Lake
Launch date	12 Nov 2007	2 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$1172	$417
Place in performance rating	3275	1045
Processor Number	X5460	4208
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		Xeon Silver
Series		4200
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.16 GHz	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	1333 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	78 °C
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
Transistor count	820 million
VID voltage range	0.85V - 1.35V
L3 cache		11 MB
Maximum frequency		3.20 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		2
Unlocked
Compatibility
Sockets supported	LGA771	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	85 Watt
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		6
Maximum memory bandwidth		107.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1 TB
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4-2400
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		48
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S