Xeon Silver 4110 vs Xeon Silver 4208

Description

The 4110 is based on Skylake architecture while the Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 4110 gets a score of 281.5 k points while the Silver 4208 gets 311.6 k points.

Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 1.1 times faster than the 4110. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs

4110

Silver 4208

CPUID

50654

50657

Core

Skylake-SP

Cascade Lake-SP

Architecture

Skylake

Cascade Lake

Base frecuency

2.1 GHz

Boost frecuency

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

Socket

LGA3647

LGA 3647

Cores/Threads

8/16

TDP

85 W

Cache L1 (d+i)

8x32+8x32 kB

Cache L2

8x1024 kB

Cache L3

11264 kB

Date

July 2017

April 2019

Mean monothread perf.

45.82k points

38.61k points

Mean multithread perf.

281.48k 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

4110

Silver 4208

Test#1 (Integers)

2.59k (x0.86)

Test#2 (FP)

12.29k

9.5k (x0.77)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

3.64k

3.15k (x0.87)

Test#1 (Memory)

6.55k

5.9k (x0.9)

TOTAL

25.46k

21.13k (x0.83)

Multithread

4110

Silver 4208

Test#1 (Integers)

20.42k

21.09k (x1.03)

Test#2 (FP)

95.83k

80.93k (x0.84)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

30.88k

30.76k (x1)

Test#1 (Memory)

9.7k

8.51k (x0.88)

TOTAL

156.83k

141.3k (x0.9)

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

4110

Silver 4208

Test#1 (Integers)

18.78k

16.86k (x0.9)

Test#2 (FP)

16.25k

12.08k (x0.74)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

3.99k

3.37k (x0.85)

Test#1 (Memory)

6.8k

6.29k (x0.93)

TOTAL

45.82k

38.61k (x0.84)

Multithread

4110

Silver 4208

Test#1 (Integers)

133.55k

150.99k (x1.13)

Test#2 (FP)

108.43k

118.54k (x1.09)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

30.02k

33.44k (x1.11)

Test#1 (Memory)

9.48k

8.6k (x0.91)

TOTAL

281.48k

311.57k (x1.11)

Performance/W

4110

Silver 4208

Test#1 (Integers)

1571 points/W

1776 points/W

Test#2 (FP)

1276 points/W

1395 points/W

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

353 points/W

393 points/W

Test#1 (Memory)

112 points/W

101 points/W

TOTAL

3311 points/W

3666 points/W

Performance/GHz

4110

Silver 4208

Test#1 (Integers)

6259 points/GHz

5269 points/GHz

Test#2 (FP)

5417 points/GHz

3776 points/GHz

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

1330 points/GHz

1054 points/GHz

Test#1 (Memory)

2267 points/GHz

1966 points/GHz

TOTAL

15273 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]

Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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

Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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]

Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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

Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

Hardlimit Benchmark Central - Ver. 3.11.4