Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R vs Intel Xeon Silver 4208. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Xeon Bronze Intel Xeon Silver
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Bronze 3200 Intel Xeon Silver 4200
• Predecessor
  No Intel Xeon Silver 4108
• Successor
  No --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.90 GHz 2.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No 3.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  6 6

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and Intel Xeon Silver 4208 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  85 W 85 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  No --
• L3-Cache
  11.00 MB 11.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cascade Lake Cascade Lake
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 3647 LGA 3647
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2019