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
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

Essentials

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

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

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