Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs AMD Athlon II X2 280

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,096

Rank #797

vs
4,330

Rank #1,485

5,096
4,330

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 15% (Rank #797 vs #1485)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,065

Rank #901

vs
4,337

Rank #1,455

5,065
4,337

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 14.4% (Rank #901 vs #1455)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,142

Rank #542

vs
4,320

Rank #1,685

5,142
4,320

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 16% (Rank #542 vs #1685)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,837

Rank #492

vs
4,495

Rank #1,570

4,837
4,495

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 7.1% (Rank #492 vs #1570)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,841

Rank #519

vs
4,484

Rank #1,426

4,841
4,484

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 7.4% (Rank #519 vs #1426)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,886

Rank #483

vs
4,473

Rank #1,577

4,886
4,473

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 8.5% (Rank #483 vs #1577)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon II X2 280 Diff
Cores
8
2
+75%
Threads
16
2
+87.5%
Base Frequency
2,100 MHz
3,600 MHz
-41.7%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,200 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
21x
18x
+14.3%
L1 Cache
512 KB
--
L2 Cache
8 MiB
--
L3 Cache
11 MiB
--
Memory Channels
6
--
Maximum Memory
1,024 GB
--
Max Bandwidth
107 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes
48
--
Max CPUs
2
--
TDP (lower is better)
85 W
65 W
23.5% more
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
45 nm
68.9% less

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon II X2 280
Designer Intel AMD
Family Xeon --
Series 4200 --
Model Number 4208 --
Microarchitecture Cascade Lake --
Core Name Cascade Lake SP Regor
Core Family 6 --
Socket Socket P and LGA-3647 Socket AM3
Package FCLGA-3647 µPGA
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2400 DDR2, DDR3
ECC Support Yes --
PCIe Revision 3.0 --
PCIe Configuration 1x16, x8, x4 --
Market Segment Server Desktop
Release Price $417.00 --
Locked Multiplier Yes Yes

Designer

Xeon Silver 4208
Intel
Athlon II X2 280
AMD

Family

Xeon Silver 4208
Xeon
Athlon II X2 280
--

Series

Xeon Silver 4208
4200
Athlon II X2 280
--

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4208
4208
Athlon II X2 280
--

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4208
Cascade Lake
Athlon II X2 280
--

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4208
Cascade Lake SP
Athlon II X2 280
Regor

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4208
6
Athlon II X2 280
--

Socket

Xeon Silver 4208
Socket P and LGA-3647
Athlon II X2 280
Socket AM3

Package

Xeon Silver 4208
FCLGA-3647
Athlon II X2 280
µPGA

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4208
Lewisburg
Athlon II X2 280
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4208
DDR4-2400
Athlon II X2 280
DDR2, DDR3

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4208
Yes
Athlon II X2 280
--

PCIe Revision

Xeon Silver 4208
3.0
Athlon II X2 280
--

PCIe Configuration

Xeon Silver 4208
1x16, x8, x4
Athlon II X2 280
--

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4208
Server
Athlon II X2 280
Desktop

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4208
$417.00
Athlon II X2 280
--

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4208
Yes
Athlon II X2 280
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon II X2 280
Process 14 nm 45 nm
Die Area -- 117 mm²
Transistor Count -- 0.00 billion
Manufacturer Intel --
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Xeon Silver 4208
14 nm
Athlon II X2 280
45 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4208
--
Athlon II X2 280
117 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4208
--
Athlon II X2 280
0.00 billion

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4208
Intel
Athlon II X2 280
--

Technology

Xeon Silver 4208
CMOS
Athlon II X2 280
--

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4208
64-bit
Athlon II X2 280
--

ISA

Xeon Silver 4208
x86-64 (x86)
Athlon II X2 280
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon II X2 280
3DNow!
ABM
ADX
AES
AMD-V
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
AVX512VNNI
BMI1
BMI2
CLMUL
DL Boost
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA3
FPU
HT
KPT
MBE Ctrl
MMX
NM
NX
PTT
Protected
RdRand
Real
SMM
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
SST
TBT 2.0
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64