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Xeon Silver 4208 vs W3550


Description
The Silver 4208 is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the W3550 is based on .

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Silver 4208 gets a score of 141.3 k points while the W3550 gets 47.1 k points.

Summarizing, the Silver 4208 is 3 times faster than the W3550 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50657
106a5
Core
Cascade Lake-SP
Bloomfield
Architecture
Cascade Lake
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
3.066 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.333 GHz
Socket
LGA 3647
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
8/16
4 /4
TDP
85 W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2019
August 2009
Mean monothread perf.
38.61k points
20.24k points
Mean multithread perf.
311.57k points
73.21k 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
W3550
Test#1 (Integers)
2.59k
2.3k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
9.5k
5.21k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.15k
3.31k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.9k
3.09k (x0.52)
TOTAL
21.13k
13.92k (x0.66)

Multithread

Silver 4208

W3550
Test#1 (Integers)
21.09k
8.75k (x0.41)
Test#2 (FP)
80.93k
19.8k (x0.24)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.76k
12.38k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.51k
6.17k (x0.73)
TOTAL
141.3k
47.09k (x0.33)

Performance/W
Silver 4208
W3550
Test#1 (Integers)
248 points/W
67 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
952 points/W
152 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
362 points/W
95 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
100 points/W
47 points/W
TOTAL
1662 points/W
362 points/W

Performance/GHz
Silver 4208
W3550
Test#1 (Integers)
809 points/GHz
690 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2968 points/GHz
1564 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
983 points/GHz
994 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1843 points/GHz
928 points/GHz
TOTAL
6604 points/GHz
4175 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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