Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Intel Xeon Silver 4116 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1697 vs 1680
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 697 vs 685

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1697 vs 1680
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	697 vs 685

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4116

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
12 more threads: 24 vs 12
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 72.6°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25330 vs 13284
Around 56% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6192 vs 3958

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 12
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 72.6°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	25330 vs 13284
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6192 vs 3958

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4116

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1697

1680

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13284

25330

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

697

685

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

3958

6192

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3	Intel Xeon Silver 4116
PassMark - Single thread mark	1697	1680
PassMark - CPU mark	13284	25330
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	697	685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3958	6192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	194.017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	47.998

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3	Intel Xeon Silver 4116
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Skylake
Launch date	Q3'14	July 2017
Place in performance rating	1401	1405
Processor Number	E5-2620V3	4116
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$1,121.16
Value for money (0-100)		4.01
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.6°C	76°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	12	24
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache		16896 KB (shared)
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		2
Transistor count		8000 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866	DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	85 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		1
Speed Shift technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)