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Xeon Silver 4208 vs Core i5-2300


Description
The Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the i5-2300 is based on Sandy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Silver 4208 gets a score of 141.3 k points while the i5-2300 gets 52.9 k points.

Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 2.7 times faster than the i5-2300 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50657
206a7
Core
Cascade Lake-SP
Sandy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.1 GHz
Socket
LGA 3647
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/4
TDP
85 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
6144 kB
Date
April 2019
May 2011
Mean monothread perf.
38.61k points
24.53k points
Mean multithread perf.
311.57k points
79.46k 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
Silver 4208
i5-2300
Test#1 (Integers)
2.59k
2.52k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
9.5k
7.01k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.15k
3.77k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.9k
4.22k (x0.72)
TOTAL
21.13k
17.53k (x0.83)

Multithread

Silver 4208

i5-2300
Test#1 (Integers)
21.09k
9.46k (x0.45)
Test#2 (FP)
80.93k
26.25k (x0.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.76k
14.1k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.51k
3.13k (x0.37)
TOTAL
141.3k
52.93k (x0.37)

Performance/W
Silver 4208
i5-2300
Test#1 (Integers)
248 points/W
100 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
952 points/W
276 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
362 points/W
148 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
100 points/W
33 points/W
TOTAL
1662 points/W
557 points/W

Performance/GHz
Silver 4208
i5-2300
Test#1 (Integers)
809 points/GHz
813 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2968 points/GHz
2262 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
983 points/GHz
1217 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1843 points/GHz
1361 points/GHz
TOTAL
6604 points/GHz
5654 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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