AMD RX-421BD vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210T

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AMD RX-421BD CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
AMD RX-421BD Intel Xeon Silver 4210T

CPU comparison

AMD RX-421BD or Intel Xeon Silver 4210T - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD RX-421BD has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD RX-421BD was released in Q4/2015.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4210T has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4210T was released in Q1/2020.
AMD R (6) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
AMD RX 1st Gen. (6) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11)
1 Generation 2
Merlin Falcon (Excavator) Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon Silver 4110
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD RX-421BD has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD RX-421BD is 2.10 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Silver 4210T has 10 CPU cores and 20 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4210T is at 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz).

AMD RX-421BD Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
4 Cores 10
4 Threads 20
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD RX-421BD Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD RX-421BD or Intel Xeon Silver 4210T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon) GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation --
28 Technology
3 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
512 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon) GPU no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD RX-421BD can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Silver 4210T supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 115.2 GB/s.

AMD RX-421BD Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
DDR4-2400, DDR3-2133 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 13.75 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 48
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD RX-421BD is 35 W, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4210T has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD RX-421BD Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
12 W TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD RX-421BD is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Silver 4210T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 13.75 MB cache.

AMD RX-421BD Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
FP4 Socket LGA 3647
AMD-V, AMD-Vt Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2015 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price 555 $
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD RX-421BD AMD RX-421BD
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.80 GHz
820 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4210T Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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