Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2 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.

Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2

Intel Xeon Silver 4116

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2

Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4116

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
4 more threads: 24 vs 20
Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 75°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1680 vs 1373
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25330 vs 19028

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 10
Number of threads	24 vs 20
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 75°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1680 vs 1373
PassMark - CPU mark	25330 vs 19028

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4116

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1373

1680

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19028

25330

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2	Intel Xeon Silver 4116
PassMark - Single thread mark	1373	1680
PassMark - CPU mark	19028	25330
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6192

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2	Intel Xeon Silver 4116
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Skylake
Launch date	Q1'14	July 2017
Place in performance rating	1396	1406
Processor Number	E5-4640V2	4116
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 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	2.20 GHz	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	76°C
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	10	12
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	24
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
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	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	85 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
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)