Intel® Xeon™ Silver 4208

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is a server processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, built on the Cascade Lake architecture. It launched in Apr 2019. Clocks run from 2.1 GHz base to 3.2 GHz boost. A 11-MB L3 cache backs the cores (2.4 MB per core). It addresses DDR4 memory up to 1024 GB across 6 channels. The chip drops into the FCLGA3647 socket and exposes PCIe 3.0 (48 lanes). Rated TDP is 85 W. Notable platform capabilities: AVX-512, Extended Page Tables (EPT).

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 scores 1,660 in single-core performance and 10,911 in multi-core performance (PassMark CPU Mark ratings). From those two ratings Feex computes 4,256 for overall performance, 9,416 for productivity performance, 8,989 for creator performance, 11,184 for engineering performance and 7,708 for gaming performance. Its multi-core throughput works out to 1,364 per core, 682 per thread and 128 per watt. Its computed efficiency index is 462. Its performance index is 53, so its overall performance is 47% below the Intel Core i5-12400 (index 100). Each bar shows the score as a share of a reference ceiling, which is the larger of the 99th-percentile score across the Feex CPU database and a fixed baseline.

Scores for individual PassMark CPU Mark test categories. Higher is better. These are measured test scores, not computed from the single-core and multi-core ratings.

In the individual workload tests the Intel Xeon Silver 4208 scores 35,718 in integer math, 22,057 in floating-point math, 158,663 in compression, 3,919 in cryptography, 832 in physics simulation, 9,282 in vector SIMD, 51 in the prime sieve and 20,013 in sorting. Higher is better. Compared with the Intel Core i5-12400, it is 39% below in integer math, 52% below in floating-point math, 30% below in compression, 66% below in cryptography, 24% below in physics simulation, 40% below in vector SIMD, 24% below in the prime sieve and 12% below in sorting. Each bar shows the score as a share of that workload's reference ceiling, the larger of the 99th-percentile score across CPUs with a recorded value and a fixed baseline.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has 8 physical cores and runs 16 logical threads. It runs 2 threads per core. It runs at a base clock of 2.10 GHz and boosts up to 3.20 GHz.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is a server processor, belongs to the Intel Xeon Silver family, uses the Cascade Lake architecture, carries the codename Cascade Lake and is manufactured on a 14 nm process. It launched in Apr 2019.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has 512 KB of L1 cache, 8 MB of L2 cache and 11 MB of L3 cache. That adds up to about 19.5 MB of cache, or 2.44 MB per core. Each core has 1 MB of private L2 cache.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has a 3-level cache hierarchy: L1 at 512 KB, L2 at 8 MB and L3 at 11 MB. L3 is the largest level and makes up about 56% of the cache listed here.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 supports DDR4 memory, addresses up to 1,024 GB of memory, uses 6 memory channels, runs memory at up to 2,400 MT/s and delivers up to 115.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth. It does not support DDR5 and LPDDR memory.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 does not include integrated graphics, so a discrete graphics card is required for display output.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 uses the FCLGA3647 socket, supports PCI Express 3.0 and provides up to 48 PCIe lanes.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 has a rated TDP of 85 W.

Instruction sets, security, virtualization, AI acceleration and OS readiness. Features are listed as supported, explicitly not supported, or not recorded; a feature that is not recorded is not the same as unsupported.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is manufactured by Intel. It launched at a price of $468.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is also identified by the model number 4208.

Feex has recorded 59% of the specifications it tracks for the Intel Xeon Silver 4208. Values Feex does not hold are shown as "Not recorded" rather than estimated.

Not recorded: Core Configuration: Performance Cores, Efficiency Cores, Hybrid Architecture, All-Core Boost and Unlocked Multiplier. Architecture & Generation: ISA Family and Market Status. Cache: L4 Cache. Memory Support: ECC Memory. Platform & Compatibility: Package and Package Size. Power & Thermals: Base Power, Maximum Turbo Power, Configurable TDP (Min), Configurable TDP (Max), Max Junction Temperature and Tcase. Physical & Manufacturing: Transistor Count, Die Size, Die Count and Foundry. Naming & Aliases: Normalized Name, SKU, Processor Number and Part Number.

Processors that use the same FCLGA3647 socket as the Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and have the closest multi-core scores in the Feex database include Intel Xeon Silver 4209T, Intel Xeon Silver 4109T, Intel Xeon Silver 4110, Intel Xeon Silver 4108 and Intel Xeon Gold 6128.