Intel Xeon Silver 4116 vs Xeon 6979P

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Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Intel Xeon 6979P

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Silver 4116 with 12 cores 2.1GHz and Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Silver 4116 's Advantages

Lower TDP (85W vs 500W)

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 16.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Xeon Silver 4116

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Xeon 6979P

General Parameters

Jul 2017

Release Date

Sep 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Skylake-SP

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Silver (Skylake-SP)

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

85 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

12

Total Core Count

120

24

Total Thread Count

240

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

16.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6979P

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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