Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y and Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 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 Gold 5315Y

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y

Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 34% higher maximum core temperature: 81°C vs 60.4°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2488 vs 1620
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 36620 vs 14654

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	81°C vs 60.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2488 vs 1620
PassMark - CPU mark	36620 vs 14654

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 140 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2488

1620

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

36620

14654

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2488	1620
PassMark - CPU mark	36620	14654
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		16710

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Haswell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$895
Place in performance rating	575	562
Processor Number	5315Y	E5-2630LV3
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	3.20 GHz	1.80 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	81°C	60.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth		59 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	55 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)