Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 12
12 more threads: 36 vs 24
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	18 vs 12
Number of threads	36 vs 24
L1 cache	1.125 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache	45 MB vs 16896 KB (shared)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4116

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 4.5 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon Silver 4116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	209.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	27.642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6829
PassMark - Single thread mark		1675
PassMark - CPU mark		25538
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6192

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon Silver 4116
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Skylake
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Launch date	Q4'14	July 2017
Place in performance rating	1351	1317
Processor Number	E5-2696 v3	4116
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$1,121.16
Series		Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		4.01
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2300 MHz	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	1.125 MB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4.5 MB	1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache	45 MB	16896 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Number of cores	18	12
Number of threads	36	24
Maximum core temperature		76°C
Maximum frequency		3.00 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		2
Transistor count		8000 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	6
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA3647
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		76.0mm x 56.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		85 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)