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Core i5-8500T vs Xeon Silver 4208


Description
The i5-8500T is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8500T gets a score of 251.8 k points while the Silver 4208 gets 311.6 k points.

Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 1.2 times faster than the i5-8500T. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
50657
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Cascade Lake-SP
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 3647
Cores/Threads
6/6
8/16
TDP
35 W
85 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
8x1024 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
11264 kB
Date
March 2018
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
59.27k points
38.61k points
Mean multithread perf.
251.82k 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
i5-8500T
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
3.56k
2.59k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
14.76k
9.5k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.46k
3.15k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.72k
5.9k (x0.68)
TOTAL
31.5k
21.13k (x0.67)

Multithread

i5-8500T

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
19.37k
21.09k (x1.09)
Test#2 (FP)
82.35k
80.93k (x0.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.6k
30.76k (x1.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.97k
8.51k (x2.87)
TOTAL
129.29k
141.3k (x1.09)

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
i5-8500T
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
23.13k
16.86k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
20.7k
12.08k (x0.58)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.71k
3.37k (x0.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.73k
6.29k (x0.59)
TOTAL
59.27k
38.61k (x0.65)

Multithread

i5-8500T

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
125.17k
150.99k (x1.21)
Test#2 (FP)
98.07k
118.54k (x1.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
25.57k
33.44k (x1.31)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.01k
8.6k (x2.85)
TOTAL
251.82k
311.57k (x1.24)

Performance/W
i5-8500T
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
3576 points/W
1776 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2802 points/W
1395 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
731 points/W
393 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
86 points/W
101 points/W
TOTAL
7195 points/W
3666 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8500T
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
6608 points/GHz
5269 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5914 points/GHz
3776 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1346 points/GHz
1054 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
3067 points/GHz
1966 points/GHz
TOTAL
16934 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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