Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Xeon Silver Intel Xeon Silver
• Generation
  2 3
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Silver 4200 Intel Xeon Silver 4300
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon Silver 4108 No
• 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
  2.10 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y and Intel Xeon Silver 4208. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  6144 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  6 8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  85 W 105 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon Silver 4208, 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
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  -- No
• L3-Cache
  11.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cascade Lake Ice Lake
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 3647 LGA 4189
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q2/2021