Intel Xeon Silver 4112 vs Intel Core i9-10880H

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Intel Xeon Silver 4112 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-10880H
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Core i9-10880H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Silver 4112 and the Intel Core i9-10880H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Silver 4112 4 core processor released in Q3/2017 with the Intel Core i9-10880H which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2020.
Intel Xeon Silver (32) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8) CPU group Intel Core i 10000H (11)
1 Generation 10
Skylake SP Architecture Comet Lake H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
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-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Silver 4112 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.00 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-10880H clocks with 2.30 GHz (5.10 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10880H
4 Cores 8
8 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.10 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10880H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 768 GB of memory in a maximum of 6 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Silver 4112, while the Intel Core i9-10880H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 46.9 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10880H
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-2933
768 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
115.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Silver 4112 has a TDP of 85 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-10880H is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10880H
85 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Silver 4112 has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-10880H is at 18.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10880H
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1440
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2020
475 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 (65%)
Intel Core i9-10880H (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 (51%)
Intel Core i9-10880H (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
861 (65%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1318 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3654 (59%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
6189 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
6383 (43%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
14758 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1624 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
6879 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
131 (100%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
665 (100%)
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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