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Core i7-10870H vs Xeon Silver 4208


Description
The i7-10870H is based on Comet Lake architecture while the Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-10870H gets a score of 487 k points while the Silver 4208 gets 311.6 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-10870H is 1.6 times faster than the Silver 4208. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
a0652
50657
Core
Comet Lake-H
Cascade Lake-SP
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.2 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
FC-BGA 1440
LGA 3647
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
45 W
85 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x1024 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
11264 kB
Date
September 2020
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
79.2k points
38.61k points
Mean multithread perf.
487.05k 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
i7-10870H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
4.77k
2.59k (x0.54)
Test#2 (FP)
19.81k
9.5k (x0.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.29k
3.15k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.03k
5.9k (x0.42)
TOTAL
44.9k
21.13k (x0.47)

Multithread

i7-10870H

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
31.21k
21.09k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
151.01k
80.93k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
50.13k
30.76k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.37k
8.51k (x1.02)
TOTAL
240.71k
141.3k (x0.59)

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
i7-10870H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
30.38k
16.86k (x0.56)
Test#2 (FP)
27.95k
12.08k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.51k
3.37k (x0.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.37k
6.29k (x0.44)
TOTAL
79.2k
38.61k (x0.49)

Multithread

i7-10870H

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
216.18k
150.99k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
210.82k
118.54k (x0.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
51.57k
33.44k (x0.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.47k
8.6k (x1.02)
TOTAL
487.05k
311.57k (x0.64)

Performance/W
i7-10870H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
4804 points/W
1776 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
4685 points/W
1395 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1146 points/W
393 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
188 points/W
101 points/W
TOTAL
10823 points/W
3666 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-10870H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
6075 points/GHz
5269 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5589 points/GHz
3776 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1302 points/GHz
1054 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2873 points/GHz
1966 points/GHz
TOTAL
15840 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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