Intel Pentium 2117U vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Let's find out which one of Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Xeon Silver 4116 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Xeon Silver 4116
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Xeon Silver
• Generation
  3 1
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 2000 Intel Xeon Silver 4100
• Successor
  -- Intel Xeon Silver 4216

In this block we are going to compare Intel Pentium 2117U vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 2.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 12
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 24
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Xeon Silver 4116 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  48
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7
• DirectX Version
  11.0
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2012

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Xeon Silver 4116. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode No

To choose the best model between Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Xeon Silver 4116 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 6
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 48

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Xeon Silver 4116.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Pentium 2117U or Intel Xeon Silver 4116? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  17 W 85 W
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Xeon Silver 4116 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge U Skylake SP
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1023 LGA 3647
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q3/2017

List of devices based on Intel Pentium 2117U and Intel Xeon Silver 4116.

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown