Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-16

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.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Xeon Silver 4208. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Xeon Silver 4208.
Name:	Intel Xeon Silver 4208
Family:	Intel Xeon Silver
CPU group:	Intel Xeon Silver 4200
Architecture:	Cascade Lake
Segment:	Desktop / Server
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

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Xeon Silver 4208 uses the no iGPU, which has -- texture shaders and -- execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	--
Shader:	--
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:	--
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
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.

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

Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.10 GHz (3.20 GHz)

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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 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 E5-2660 v3 10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz	884
	Intel Core i7-7700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	883
	Intel Xeon Gold 5115 10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz	883
	Intel Xeon Silver 4208 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	881
	Intel Core i3-8109U 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	881
	Intel Core i5-4670 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	881
	Intel Core i5-L16G7 5C 5T @ 3.00 GHz	880

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 Core i3-1315U 6C 8T @ 1.20 GHz	5659
	Intel Core i5-9600K 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	5643
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	5643
	Intel Xeon Silver 4208 8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz	5639
	Intel Core i5-8600K 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	5631
	Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	5623
	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	5622

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 Core i5-6585R 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1192
	Intel Core i5-7260U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1192
	Intel Core i3-4370 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1190
	Intel Xeon Silver 4208 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	1189
	Intel Core i5-9500T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	1189
	Intel Xeon Gold 6142 16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz	1188
	Intel Core i5-6500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1186

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3500 6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz	5500
	Intel Core i5-11300H 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	5498
	Intel Xeon D-2141I 8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz	5489
	Intel Xeon Silver 4208 8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz	5483
	Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	5482
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	5478
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	5478

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.


	AMD Ryzen 3 5400U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	11214
	AMD Ryzen 3 4100 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	11165
	Intel Core i5-11320H 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	11160
	Intel Xeon Silver 4208 8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz	11134
	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T 8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz	11087
	Intel Core i7-1195G7 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	11065
	Intel Xeon E-2226G 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	11063

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,428 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,402 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,688 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,638 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,334 entries

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