Name: Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Processor - 8-Core 2.1 GHz - Server CPU
Brand: Intel

Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Processor - 8-Core 2.1 GHz made its debut in Q2'19 as a reliable server CPU aimed at balanced performance and efficiency.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4208 is part of the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable family (Cascade Lake) and brings eight physical cores and sixteen threads with a base frequency of 2.1 GHz and a boost up to 3.2 GHz, making it well suited for mainstream server and workstation workloads.

Built on a 14 nm process, the processor features 11 MB of cache and a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 85 W, providing a good performance-per-watt profile for datacenter racks and blade systems. The CPU ships in a tray package and does not include a cooler.

Memory support is robust with hexa-channel DDR4-SDRAM support at up to 2400 MHz and up to 1 TB maximum internal memory, including ECC support for improved reliability in mission-critical environments. The socket type is LGA 3647 (Socket P) and the platform supports dual-socket (2S) scalability.

For I/O and expansion, the Xeon Silver 4208 provides up to 48 PCI Express lanes (PCIe 3.0), two UPI links, and a broad set of virtualization and security features such as Intel VT-x, VT-d, Intel AES-NI, Intel Trusted Execution Technology and Execute Disable Bit. Advanced instruction set support includes SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX-512 with DL Boost for AI inference workloads.

Common use cases include virtualized server hosts, midrange database servers, web/ application servers, and compute nodes that require dependable multithreaded throughput without the higher power demands of top-tier SKUs.

Key selling points are its balance of cores and threads, Hexa-channel DDR4 with ECC, extensive platform and virtualization features, and modest 85 W TDP that helps lower operational costs in dense deployments.