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Core i3-1215U vs Xeon Silver 4208


Description
The i3-1215U is based on Alder Lake architecture while the Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-1215U gets a score of 185.6 k points while the Silver 4208 gets 311.6 k points.

Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 1.7 times faster than the i3-1215U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906a4
50657
Core
Alder Lake-H
Cascade Lake-SP
Architecture
Base frecuency
0.9 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA 1744
LGA 3647
Cores/Threads
6/8
8/16
TDP
15 W
85 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32/4x64+2x48/4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1280+2x2048 kB
8x1024 kB
Cache L3
10240 kB
11264 kB
Date
April 2022
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
80.34k points
38.61k points
Mean multithread perf.
185.6k points
311.57k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i3-1215U
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
6.95k
2.59k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
16.28k
9.5k (x0.58)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.49k
3.15k (x0.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.95k
5.9k (x0.59)
TOTAL
43.67k
21.13k (x0.48)

Multithread

i3-1215U

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
14.97k
21.09k (x1.41)
Test#2 (FP)
51.01k
80.93k (x1.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.47k
30.76k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.59k
8.51k (x0.99)
TOTAL
105.05k
141.3k (x1.35)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i3-1215U
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
37.56k
16.86k (x0.45)
Test#2 (FP)
21.13k
12.08k (x0.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.35k
3.37k (x0.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.31k
6.29k (x0.61)
TOTAL
80.34k
38.61k (x0.48)

Multithread

i3-1215U

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
73.97k
150.99k (x2.04)
Test#2 (FP)
72.37k
118.54k (x1.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.61k
33.44k (x1.13)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.65k
8.6k (x0.89)
TOTAL
185.6k
311.57k (x1.68)

Performance/W
i3-1215U
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
4931 points/W
1776 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
4825 points/W
1395 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1974 points/W
393 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
643 points/W
101 points/W
TOTAL
12374 points/W
3666 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-1215U
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
8535 points/GHz
5269 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4802 points/GHz
3776 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2579 points/GHz
1054 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2343 points/GHz
1966 points/GHz
TOTAL
18258 points/GHz
12065 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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