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Xeon Silver 4208


Performance
311.6k points

Description
We need your help: we don't have results in all modes. If you have a Silver 4208 and want to help us to complete the stats, you just have to run the benchmark at stock frequency (no oc) in modes SSE, AVX, and validate the results. You don't have to register and the whole process will take less than 3 minutes per mode.

The Xeon Silver 4208 is a cpu manufactured by Intel that was released on April 2019. This model has 8 Cascade Lake-SP cores with HyperThreading, runs at 2100 MHz as base frequency and has a a thermal design power of 85 W.

Cascade Lake is a architecture focused on high-end CPUs that uses the 14nm process. There are i9 and Xeon models using 4 different cores: Cascade Lake-SP and Cascade Lake-AP for servers, Cascade Lake-W for workstations and Cascade Lake-X for home high-end Pcs.

Specs
Official name
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4208 CPU @ 2.10GHz
CPUID
50657
Core
Cascade Lake-SP
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 3647
Cores/Threads
8/16
TDP
85 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
Release date
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
38.61k points
Mean multithread perf.
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
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
2.59k
21.09k (x8.1)
Test#2 (FP)
9.5k
80.93k (x8.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.15k
30.76k (x9.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.9k
8.51k (x1.4)
TOTAL
21.13k
141.3k (x6.7)

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
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
16.86k
150.99k (x9.0)
Test#2 (FP)
12.08k
118.54k (x9.8)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.37k
33.44k (x9.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.29k
8.6k (x1.4)
TOTAL
38.61k
311.57k (x8.1)

Computers where this CPU was tested
Model
Release date

RAM models tested along with this CPU
Model
Type
Frequency
Size
DDR4
3200 MHz
16 GB
DDR4
3200 MHz
16 GB

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) [% vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]

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

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Test#1 (Memory) [% 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) [% vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]

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

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Test#1 (Memory) [% vs time]

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Similar CPUs to Xeon Silver 4208
HPE Xeon Silver 4208 (This model)
 Mode FPU monothread  [21.13k points]
 Mode FPU multithread  [141.3k points]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [38.61k points]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [311.57k points]
 Mode FPU monothread  [49.98k points +136.50%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [161.65k points +14.40%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [93.54k points +142.27%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [330.62k points +6.12%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [17.76k points -15.96%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [32.61k points -76.92%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [31.81k points -17.61%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [68.69k points -77.95%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [36.32k points +71.86%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [145.37k points +2.89%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [49.24k points +27.53%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [289.3k points -7.15%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [24.48k points +15.86%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [43.95k points -68.90%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [39.73k points +2.90%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [79.22k points -74.57%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [25.46k points +20.48%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [156.83k points +10.99%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [45.82k points +18.67%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [281.48k points -9.66%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [44.04k points +108.41%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [178.11k points +26.05%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [77.34k points +100.32%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [371.08k points +19.10%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [44.9k points +112.46%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [240.71k points +70.36%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [79.2k points +105.14%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [487.05k points +56.32%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [38.87k points +0.68%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [81.18k points -73.94%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [43.67k points +106.66%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [105.05k points -25.66%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [80.34k points +108.09%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [185.6k points -40.43%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [41.31k points +6.99%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [352.96k points +13.28%]
          
FPU mode comparison

Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
2.63k [1.38%]
2.63k [1.38%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
2.59k
This model
2.56k [-1.05%]

Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
22.68k [7.54%]
22.17k [5.12%]
22.11k [4.83%]
22.03k [4.46%]
21.54k [2.15%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
21.09k
This model
20.88k [-0.99%]
20.82k [-1.29%]
19.47k [-7.71%]
19.37k [-8.16%]

Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
9.5k
This model
9.18k [-3.38%]

Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
85.13k [5.18%]
84.16k [3.99%]
83.77k [3.50%]
83.32k [2.95%]
82.35k [1.76%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
80.93k
This model
79.16k [-2.19%]
77.34k [-4.44%]
77.19k [-4.63%]
76.44k [-5.56%]
75.62k [-6.57%]

Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
3.61k [14.66%]
3.31k [5.23%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
3.15k
This model
3.13k [-0.49%]
3.11k [-1.05%]
3.05k [-3.09%]

Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
33.07k [7.50%]
32.43k [5.44%]
31.65k [2.90%]
31.53k [2.50%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
30.76k
This model
30.47k [-0.94%]
30.37k [-1.27%]
29.85k [-2.98%]
29.05k [-5.55%]
28.78k [-6.45%]

Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
5.9k
This model
5.64k [-4.31%]
5.61k [-4.97%]
5.51k [-6.57%]
5.47k [-7.19%]

Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8.51k
This model
8.37k [-1.70%]
8.21k [-3.54%]
8.2k [-3.63%]
          
AVX2 mode comparison

Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
17.1k [1.39%]
17.06k [1.15%]
16.9k [0.21%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
16.86k
This model
16.85k [-0.04%]
16.77k [-0.56%]
16.74k [-0.72%]
16.73k [-0.76%]
16.72k [-0.81%]

Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
159.36k [5.55%]
158.65k [5.07%]
156.61k [3.72%]
154.61k [2.40%]
152.43k [0.95%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
150.99k
This model
150.28k [-0.47%]
146.65k [-2.88%]
145.13k [-3.88%]
144.86k [-4.06%]

Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
12.19k [0.91%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
12.08k
This model
11.89k [-1.59%]
11.87k [-1.79%]
11.82k [-2.20%]
11.78k [-2.55%]

Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
121.08k [2.14%]
120.98k [2.06%]
119.91k [1.16%]
119.22k [0.57%]
118.74k [0.17%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
118.54k
This model
116.47k [-1.74%]
115.86k [-2.26%]
114.71k [-3.23%]
113.61k [-4.16%]
110.23k [-7.01%]

Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
3.54k [4.94%]
3.44k [2.02%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
3.37k
This model
3.35k [-0.67%]
3.33k [-1.28%]
3.26k [-3.40%]

Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
35.04k [4.80%]
34.11k [2.02%]
34.04k [1.80%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
33.44k
This model
33.35k [-0.24%]
33.28k [-0.46%]
32.99k [-1.33%]
32.76k [-2.03%]
32.55k [-2.64%]

Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
6.34k [0.77%]
6.32k [0.40%]
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
6.29k
This model
6.15k [-2.24%]
5.97k [-5.06%]
5.72k [-9.02%]
5.54k [-11.88%]

Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8.6k
This model
8.47k [-1.61%]
8.31k [-3.45%]
8.31k [-3.45%]
8.24k [-4.19%]
8.18k [-4.96%]

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