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.
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 |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 0 | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1764 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 18744 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Intel Xeon X5460 | Intel Xeon Silver 4208 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Harpertown | Cascade Lake |
Launch date | 12 Nov 2007 | 2 April 2019 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1172 | $417 |
Place in performance rating | 3358 | 1163 |
Processor Number | X5460 | 4208 |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Family | Xeon Silver | |
Series | 4200 | |
Performance |
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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 | |
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Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | LGA771 | FCLGA3647 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 85 Watt |
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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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 |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | ||
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | ||
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | ||
Memory |
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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 |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 48 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Scalability | 2S |