Intel Xeon Silver 4316 vs Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R. 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 Bronze
• Generation
  3 2
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Silver 4300 Intel Xeon Bronze 3200
• Predecessor
  No No
• Successor
  No 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
  2.30 GHz 1.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  20 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz No
• CPU Threads
  40 8
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes, SMT No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and Intel Xeon Silver 4316. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2133
• Max. Memory
  6144 GB 1024 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  8 6
• PCIe
  4 x 64 3.0 x 48

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  150 W 85 W
• TDP up
  No No
• TDP (PL2)
  No No
• TDP down
  No No
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Silver 4316, 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 SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  No No
• L3-Cache
  30.00 MB 11.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ice Lake Cascade Lake
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 4189 LGA 3647
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2020