Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Core i7-6850K

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
5,507

Rank #473

5,096
5,507

Core i7-6850K wins by 7.5% (Rank #797 vs #473)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,065

Rank #901

vs
5,605

Rank #481

5,065
5,605

Core i7-6850K wins by 9.6% (Rank #901 vs #481)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,142

Rank #542

vs
5,361

Rank #448

5,142
5,361

Core i7-6850K wins by 4.1% (Rank #542 vs #448)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,837

Rank #492

vs
4,865

Rank #470

4,837
4,865

Core i7-6850K wins by 0.6% (Rank #492 vs #470)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,841

Rank #519

vs
4,856

Rank #507

4,841
4,856

Core i7-6850K wins by 0.3% (Rank #519 vs #507)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,886

Rank #483

vs
4,921

Rank #448

4,886
4,921

Core i7-6850K wins by 0.7% (Rank #483 vs #448)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Core i7-6850K Diff
Cores
8
6
+25%
Threads
16
12
+25%
Base Frequency
2,100 MHz
3,600 MHz
-41.7%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,200 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
21x
36x
-41.7%
L1 Cache
512 KB
32 KB
+93.8%
L2 Cache
8 MiB
0 MiB
+97%
L3 Cache
11 MiB
14 MiB
-23.1%
Memory Channels
6
4
+33.3%
Maximum Memory
1,024 GB
0 GB
+100%
Max Bandwidth
107 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes
48
40
+16.7%
Max CPUs
2
1
+50%
TDP (lower is better)
85 W
140 W
39.3% less
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
14 nm
0%

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Core i7-6850K
Designer Intel Intel
Family Xeon --
Series 4200 --
Model Number 4208 i7-6850K
Microarchitecture Cascade Lake --
Core Name Cascade Lake SP Broadwell-E
Core Family 6 --
Socket Socket P and LGA-3647 LGA2011-v3
Package FCLGA-3647
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2400 DDR4 2400/2133
ECC Support Yes No
PCIe Revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe Configuration 1x16, x8, x4 --
Market Segment Server Desktop
Release Price $417.00 --
Locked Multiplier Yes Yes

Designer

Xeon Silver 4208
Intel
Core i7-6850K
Intel

Family

Xeon Silver 4208
Xeon
Core i7-6850K
--

Series

Xeon Silver 4208
4200
Core i7-6850K
--

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4208
4208
Core i7-6850K
i7-6850K

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4208
Cascade Lake
Core i7-6850K
--

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4208
Cascade Lake SP
Core i7-6850K
Broadwell-E

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4208
6
Core i7-6850K
--

Socket

Xeon Silver 4208
Socket P and LGA-3647
Core i7-6850K
LGA2011-v3

Package

Xeon Silver 4208
FCLGA-3647
Core i7-6850K

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4208
Lewisburg
Core i7-6850K
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4208
DDR4-2400
Core i7-6850K
DDR4 2400/2133

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4208
Yes
Core i7-6850K
No

PCIe Revision

Xeon Silver 4208
3.0
Core i7-6850K
3.0

PCIe Configuration

Xeon Silver 4208
1x16, x8, x4
Core i7-6850K
--

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4208
Server
Core i7-6850K
Desktop

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4208
$417.00
Core i7-6850K
--

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4208
Yes
Core i7-6850K
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Core i7-6850K
Process 14 nm 14 nm
Die Area -- 246 mm²
Transistor Count -- 3,400
Manufacturer Intel Intel
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit 64-bit
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Xeon Silver 4208
14 nm
Core i7-6850K
14 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4208
--
Core i7-6850K
246 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4208
--
Core i7-6850K
3,400

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4208
Intel
Core i7-6850K
Intel

Technology

Xeon Silver 4208
CMOS
Core i7-6850K
--

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4208
64-bit
Core i7-6850K
64-bit

ISA

Xeon Silver 4208
x86-64 (x86)
Core i7-6850K
--

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU specifications comparison


Specification Xeon Silver 4208 Core i7-6850K
GPU -- None

GPU

Xeon Silver 4208
--
Core i7-6850K
None

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4208 Core i7-6850K
ABM
ADX
AES
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
SSSE3
SST
TBT 2.0
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64