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Core i7-9750H vs Xeon Silver 4208


Description
The i7-9750H is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9750H gets a score of 276.5 k points while the Silver 4208 gets 311.6 k points.

Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 1.1 times faster than the i7-9750H. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
50657
Core
Coffee Lake-H
Cascade Lake-SP
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA 1440
LGA 3647
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
45 W
85 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
8x1024 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
11264 kB
Date
April 2019
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
62.92k points
38.61k points
Mean multithread perf.
276.46k 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
i7-9750H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
4.53k
2.59k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
18.24k
9.5k (x0.52)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.76k
3.15k (x0.55)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.01k
5.9k (x0.45)
TOTAL
41.54k
21.13k (x0.51)

Multithread

i7-9750H

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
24.3k
21.09k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
97.88k
80.93k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.85k
30.76k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.93k
8.51k (x0.71)
TOTAL
163.95k
141.3k (x0.86)

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
i7-9750H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
25.22k
16.86k (x0.67)
Test#2 (FP)
21.97k
12.08k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.02k
3.37k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.71k
6.29k (x0.59)
TOTAL
62.92k
38.61k (x0.61)

Multithread

i7-9750H

Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
125.56k
150.99k (x1.2)
Test#2 (FP)
115.86k
118.54k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
25.63k
33.44k (x1.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.4k
8.6k (x0.92)
TOTAL
276.46k
311.57k (x1.13)

Performance/W
i7-9750H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
2790 points/W
1776 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2575 points/W
1395 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
570 points/W
393 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
209 points/W
101 points/W
TOTAL
6144 points/W
3666 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-9750H
Silver 4208
Test#1 (Integers)
5605 points/GHz
5269 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4882 points/GHz
3776 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1115 points/GHz
1054 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2380 points/GHz
1966 points/GHz
TOTAL
13982 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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