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Core i3-8100 vs Xeon Silver 4208


Description
The i3-8100 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-8100 gets a score of 200.4 k points while the Silver 4208 gets 311.6 k points.

Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 1.6 times faster than the i3-8100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906eb
50657
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Cascade Lake-SP
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 3647
Cores/Threads
4/4
8/16
TDP
65 W
85 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
8x1024 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
11264 kB
Date
October 2017
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
59.18k points
38.61k points
Mean multithread perf.
200.4k 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
i3-8100
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
3.72k
2.59k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
15.33k
9.5k (x0.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.71k
3.15k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.76k
5.9k (x0.87)
TOTAL
30.52k
21.13k (x0.69)

Multithread

i3-8100

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
14.48k
21.09k (x1.46)
Test#2 (FP)
59.59k
80.93k (x1.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.07k
30.76k (x1.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.3k
8.51k (x1.98)
TOTAL
96.43k
141.3k (x1.47)

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
i3-8100
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
24.47k
16.86k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
21.52k
12.08k (x0.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.95k
3.37k (x0.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.24k
6.29k (x0.76)
TOTAL
59.18k
38.61k (x0.65)

Multithread

i3-8100

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
92.86k
150.99k (x1.63)
Test#2 (FP)
83.05k
118.54k (x1.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.55k
33.44k (x1.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.93k
8.6k (x1.45)
TOTAL
200.4k
311.57k (x1.55)

Performance/W
i3-8100
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
1429 points/W
1776 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1278 points/W
1395 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
285 points/W
393 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
91 points/W
101 points/W
TOTAL
3083 points/W
3666 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-8100
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
6797 points/GHz
5269 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5977 points/GHz
3776 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1374 points/GHz
1054 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2290 points/GHz
1966 points/GHz
TOTAL
16438 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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