Samsung Exynos 7870 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y

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Samsung Exynos 7870 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
Samsung Exynos 7870 Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7870 or Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y - 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 Samsung Exynos 7870 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7870 was released in Q1/2016.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y has 12 cores with 24 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 4214Y was released in Q2/2019.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A53 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7870 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7870 is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y has 12 CPU cores and 24 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y is at 2.20 GHz (3.20 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
8 Cores 12
8 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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.

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 7870 or Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y 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.

ARM Mali-T830 MP1 GPU no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
2 Max. displays
1 Compute units --
16 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 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.

ARM Mali-T830 MP1 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 7870 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 115.2 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 1024 GB
0 Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 16.50 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 7870 is --, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y has a TDP of 85 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7870 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 16.50 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 768 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7870 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7870 (6%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y (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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
963 (6%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
12C 24T @ 2.40 GHz
16458 (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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
115 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
452 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
12C 24T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
ARM Mali-T830 MP1 @ 0.60 GHz
20 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 7870 Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
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