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Xeon Silver 4208 vs Core i9-9900K


Description
The Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the i9-9900K is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Silver 4208 gets a score of 311.6 k points while the i9-9900K gets 529.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-9900K is 1.7 times faster than the Silver 4208. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50657
906ed
Core
Cascade Lake-SP
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 3647
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
85 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
16384 kB
Date
April 2019
October 2018
Mean monothread perf.
38.61k points
81.91k points
Mean multithread perf.
311.57k points
529.32k 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
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
2.59k
5k (x1.93)
Test#2 (FP)
9.5k
20.22k (x2.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.15k
6.54k (x2.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.9k
13.78k (x2.34)
TOTAL
21.13k
45.53k (x2.15)

Multithread

Silver 4208

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
21.09k
36.39k (x1.73)
Test#2 (FP)
80.93k
166.55k (x2.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.76k
54.92k (x1.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.51k
8.96k (x1.05)
TOTAL
141.3k
266.82k (x1.89)

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
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
16.86k
32.08k (x1.9)
Test#2 (FP)
12.08k
28.17k (x2.33)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.37k
6.68k (x1.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.29k
14.98k (x2.38)
TOTAL
38.61k
81.91k (x2.12)

Multithread

Silver 4208

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
150.99k
242.98k (x1.61)
Test#2 (FP)
118.54k
220.16k (x1.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
33.44k
53.97k (x1.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.6k
12.22k (x1.42)
TOTAL
311.57k
529.32k (x1.7)

Performance/W
Silver 4208
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
1776 points/W
2558 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1395 points/W
2317 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
393 points/W
568 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
101 points/W
129 points/W
TOTAL
3666 points/W
5572 points/W

Performance/GHz
Silver 4208
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
5269 points/GHz
6417 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3776 points/GHz
5634 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1054 points/GHz
1335 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1966 points/GHz
2996 points/GHz
TOTAL
12065 points/GHz
16382 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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