Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

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
4,460

Rank #1,324

5,096
4,460

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 12.5% (Rank #797 vs #1324)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,065

Rank #901

vs
4,470

Rank #1,318

5,065
4,470

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 11.7% (Rank #901 vs #1318)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,142

Rank #542

vs
4,445

Rank #1,334

5,142
4,445

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 13.6% (Rank #542 vs #1334)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,837

Rank #492

vs
4,587

Rank #998

4,837
4,587

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 5.2% (Rank #492 vs #998)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,841

Rank #519

vs
4,549

Rank #1,056

4,841
4,549

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 6% (Rank #519 vs #1056)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,886

Rank #483

vs
4,542

Rank #1,144

4,886
4,542

Xeon Silver 4208 wins by 7% (Rank #483 vs #1144)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon X4 870K Diff
Cores
8
4
+50%
Threads
16
4
+75%
Base Frequency
2,100 MHz
3,900 MHz
-46.2%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,200 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
21x
39x
-46.2%
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
95 W
10.5% less
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
28 nm
50% less

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon X4 870K
Designer Intel AMD
Family Xeon --
Series 4200 --
Model Number 4208 --
Microarchitecture Cascade Lake --
Core Name Cascade Lake SP Godaveri
Core Family 6 --
Socket Socket P and LGA-3647 Socket FM2+
Package FCLGA-3647 µPGA
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2400 DDR3
ECC Support Yes --
PCIe Revision 3.0 --
PCIe Configuration 1x16, x8, x4 --
Market Segment Server Desktop
Release Price $417.00 --
Locked Multiplier Yes No

Designer

Xeon Silver 4208
Intel
Athlon X4 870K
AMD

Family

Xeon Silver 4208
Xeon
Athlon X4 870K
--

Series

Xeon Silver 4208
4200
Athlon X4 870K
--

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4208
4208
Athlon X4 870K
--

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4208
Cascade Lake
Athlon X4 870K
--

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4208
Cascade Lake SP
Athlon X4 870K
Godaveri

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4208
6
Athlon X4 870K
--

Socket

Xeon Silver 4208
Socket P and LGA-3647
Athlon X4 870K
Socket FM2+

Package

Xeon Silver 4208
FCLGA-3647
Athlon X4 870K
µPGA

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4208
Lewisburg
Athlon X4 870K
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4208
DDR4-2400
Athlon X4 870K
DDR3

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4208
Yes
Athlon X4 870K
--

PCIe Revision

Xeon Silver 4208
3.0
Athlon X4 870K
--

PCIe Configuration

Xeon Silver 4208
1x16, x8, x4
Athlon X4 870K
--

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4208
Server
Athlon X4 870K
Desktop

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4208
$417.00
Athlon X4 870K
--

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4208
Yes
Athlon X4 870K
No

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon X4 870K
Process 14 nm 28 nm
Die Area -- 245 mm²
Transistor Count -- 2,411
Manufacturer Intel GlobalFoundries
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Xeon Silver 4208
14 nm
Athlon X4 870K
28 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4208
--
Athlon X4 870K
245 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4208
--
Athlon X4 870K
2,411

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4208
Intel
Athlon X4 870K
GlobalFoundries

Technology

Xeon Silver 4208
CMOS
Athlon X4 870K
--

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4208
64-bit
Athlon X4 870K
--

ISA

Xeon Silver 4208
x86-64 (x86)
Athlon X4 870K
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4208 Athlon X4 870K
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
FMA4
FPU
HT
KPT
MBE Ctrl
MMX
NM
NX
PTT
Protected
RdRand
Real
SMM
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
SST
TBM
TBT 2.0
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
XOP
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64