Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Xeon Silver series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 3647 socket and was released in Q2/2019. The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 scores 881 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,639 points.
Intel Xeon Silver 4208

At a glance

Name: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
Family: Intel Xeon Silver (32)
CPU group: Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11)
Architecture: Cascade Lake
Technology: 14 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 2
Predecessor: Intel Xeon Silver 4108
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 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). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 8x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 2.30 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 1024 GB memory in 6 (Hexa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 115.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2400
115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 1024 GB
Memory channels: 6 (Hexa Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth: 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 85 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 85 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 11.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 3647
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 11.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q2/2019
Release price: 422 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon Silver 4208 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1193
Intel Core i5-6585R Intel Core i5-6585R
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1192
Intel Core i3-4370 Intel Core i3-4370
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1190
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
1189
Intel Core i5-9500T Intel Core i5-9500T
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
1189
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1188
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1186

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5548
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
5500
Intel Xeon D-2141I Intel Xeon D-2141I
8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
5489
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
5483
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5482
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
5478
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
5478

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
884
Intel Core i5-7400 Intel Core i5-7400
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
884
Intel Xeon Gold 5115 Intel Xeon Gold 5115
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
883
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
881
Intel Core i5-4670 Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
881
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
880
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
879

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 E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.90 GHz
5688
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
5643
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
5643
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
5639
Intel Core i5-8600K Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
5631
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5623
Intel Core i3-12100T Intel Core i3-12100T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
5560

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 Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
11224
AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
11215
AMD Ryzen 3 4100 AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
11165
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
11134
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
11087
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
11063
Intel Xeon E-2226G Intel Xeon E-2226G
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
11063

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