Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs AMD Opteron X3421
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4208 | AMD Opteron X3421 | |
CPU comparisonIntel Xeon Silver 4208 or AMD Opteron X3421 - 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 Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 was released in Q2/2019. The AMD Opteron X3421 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Opteron X3421 was released in Q2/2015. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver (32) | Family | AMD Opteron (4) |
| Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11) | CPU group | AMD Opteron X3000 (3) |
| 2 | Generation | 0 |
| Cascade Lake | Architecture | Toronto (Excavator) |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| Intel Xeon Silver 4108 | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is 2.10 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the AMD Opteron X3421 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Opteron X3421 is at 2.10 GHz (3.40 GHz). |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4208 | Characteristic | AMD Opteron X3421 |
| 8 | Cores | 4 |
| 16 | Threads | 4 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.10 GHz | Frequency | 2.10 GHz |
| 3.20 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 3.40 GHz |
| 2.30 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe Intel Xeon Silver 4208 or AMD Opteron X3421 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Toronto) |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 GHz | |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| -- | GPU Generation | 0 |
| Technology | ||
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| -- | Compute units | 8 |
| -- | Shader | 512 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB |
| -- | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Toronto) |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| No | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| No | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | No |
| No | Codec VC-1 | No |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Xeon Silver 4208 can use up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 115.2 GB/s. The AMD Opteron X3421 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4208 | Characteristic | AMD Opteron X3421 |
| DDR4-2400 | Memory | DDR4-2400 |
| 1024 GB | Max. Memory | |
| 6 (Hexa Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 115.2 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| 11.00 MB | L3 Cache | -- |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| 48 | PCIe lanes | 8 |
| 47.3 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is 85 W, while the AMD Opteron X3421 has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4208 | Characteristic | AMD Opteron X3421 |
| 85 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 15 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | 35 W |
| -- | TDP down | 12 W |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 11.00 MB cache. The AMD Opteron X3421 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4208 | Characteristic | AMD Opteron X3421 |
| 14 nm | Technology | 28 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Unknown |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 | ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| LGA 3647 | Socket | FP4 |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | AMD-V, AMD-Vt |
| Yes | AES-NI | Yes |
| Windows 10, Linux | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q2/2019 | Release date | Q2/2015 |
| 422 $ | Release price | -- |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Opteron X3421
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Opteron X3421
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Opteron X3421
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Opteron X3421
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
@ 0.00 GHz |
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AMD Opteron X3421
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Toronto) @ 0.80 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Opteron X3421
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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