Intel Xeon Silver 4109T vs Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4109T and Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon Silver 4109T

Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4109T

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10348 vs 5251

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	10348 vs 5251

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1619 vs 1445

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1619 vs 1445

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1445

1619

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10348

5251

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4109T	Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1445	1619
PassMark - CPU mark	10348	5251

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4109T	Intel Xeon E3-1230L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'17	June 2013
Place in performance rating	1548	1530
Processor Number	4109T	E3-1230Lv3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$289
Price now		$287.90
Value for money (0-100)		7.40
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	1.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	16	8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		0
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory size	768 GB	32 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013A
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	1S Only
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Anti-Theft technology
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
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® AVX2
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
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)
Graphics
Processor graphics		None