Xeon Silver 4208 vs Engineering Sample 506E8
Description
The Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Silver 4208 gets a score of 311.6 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 1.5 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Silver 4208 gets a score of 311.6 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 1.5 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
50657
506e8
Core
Cascade Lake-SP
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 3647
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
85 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2019
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
38.61k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
311.57k points
211.6k points
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
Silver 4208
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
16.86k
23.91k (x1.42)
Test#2 (FP)
12.08k
21.03k (x1.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.37k
5.05k (x1.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.29k
6.4k (x1.02)
TOTAL
38.61k
56.39k (x1.46)
Multithread
Silver 4208
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
150.99k
95.3k (x0.63)
Test#2 (FP)
118.54k
91.94k (x0.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
33.44k
22.06k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.6k
2.3k (x0.27)
TOTAL
311.57k
211.6k (x0.68)
Performance/W
Silver 4208
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1776 points/W