Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 vs Intel Xeon E7-4850

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 and Intel Xeon E7-4850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

Intel Xeon E7-4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 69°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1056 vs 923

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1056 vs 923

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4850

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 TB vs 768 GB
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12053 vs 8046

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 6
Maximum memory size	2 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12053 vs 8046

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4850

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1056

923

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8046

12053

Name	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	Intel Xeon E7-4850
PassMark - Single thread mark	1056	923
PassMark - CPU mark	8046	12053

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	Intel Xeon E7-4850
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Westmere EX
Launch date	Q3'17	Q2'11
Place in performance rating	1890	1903
Processor Number	3104	E7-4850
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	78°C	69°C
Number of cores	6	10
Number of threads	6	20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Maximum frequency		2.40 GHz
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 TB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	130 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	2S	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)