Intel Xeon Silver 4215 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,262

Rank #645

vs
4,565

Rank #1,221

5,262
4,565

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 13.2% (Rank #645 vs #1221)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,178

Rank #825

vs
4,618

Rank #1,202

5,178
4,618

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 10.8% (Rank #825 vs #1202)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,388

Rank #438

vs
4,485

Rank #1,256

5,388
4,485

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 16.8% (Rank #438 vs #1256)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,912

Rank #433

vs
4,581

Rank #1,022

4,912
4,581

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 6.7% (Rank #433 vs #1022)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,930

Rank #465

vs
4,553

Rank #1,042

4,930
4,553

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 7.6% (Rank #465 vs #1042)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,023

Rank #381

vs
4,543

Rank #1,135

5,023
4,543

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 9.6% (Rank #381 vs #1135)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4215 Athlon X4 950 Diff
Cores
8
4
+50%
Threads
16
4
+75%
Base Frequency
2,500 MHz
3,500 MHz
-28.6%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,500 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
25x
35x
-28.6%
L1 Cache
512 KB
125 KB
+75.6%
L2 Cache
8 MiB
0 MiB
+93.9%
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
28 nm
50% less

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4215 Athlon X4 950
Designer Intel AMD
Family Xeon --
Series 4200 --
Model Number 4215 --
Microarchitecture Cascade Lake --
Core Name Cascade Lake SP Bristol Ridge
Core Family 6 --
Socket Socket P and LGA-3647 Socket AM4
Package FCLGA-3647 µPGA
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2400 DDR4
ECC Support Yes --
PCIe Revision 3.0 --
PCIe Configuration 1x16, x8, x4 --
Market Segment Server Desktop
Release Price $794.00 --
Locked Multiplier Yes No

Designer

Xeon Silver 4215
Intel
Athlon X4 950
AMD

Family

Xeon Silver 4215
Xeon
Athlon X4 950
--

Series

Xeon Silver 4215
4200
Athlon X4 950
--

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4215
4215
Athlon X4 950
--

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4215
Cascade Lake
Athlon X4 950
--

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4215
Cascade Lake SP
Athlon X4 950
Bristol Ridge

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4215
6
Athlon X4 950
--

Socket

Xeon Silver 4215
Socket P and LGA-3647
Athlon X4 950
Socket AM4

Package

Xeon Silver 4215
FCLGA-3647
Athlon X4 950
µPGA

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4215
Lewisburg
Athlon X4 950
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4215
DDR4-2400
Athlon X4 950
DDR4

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4215
Yes
Athlon X4 950
--

PCIe Revision

Xeon Silver 4215
3.0
Athlon X4 950
--

PCIe Configuration

Xeon Silver 4215
1x16, x8, x4
Athlon X4 950
--

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4215
Server
Athlon X4 950
Desktop

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4215
$794.00
Athlon X4 950
--

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4215
Yes
Athlon X4 950
No

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4215 Athlon X4 950
Process 14 nm 28 nm
Die Area -- 246 mm²
Transistor Count -- 3,100
Manufacturer Intel GlobalFoundries
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Xeon Silver 4215
14 nm
Athlon X4 950
28 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4215
--
Athlon X4 950
246 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4215
--
Athlon X4 950
3,100

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4215
Intel
Athlon X4 950
GlobalFoundries

Technology

Xeon Silver 4215
CMOS
Athlon X4 950
--

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4215
64-bit
Athlon X4 950
--

ISA

Xeon Silver 4215
x86-64 (x86)
Athlon X4 950
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4215 Athlon X4 950
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