Intel Xeon Silver 4109T vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4109T and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 Silver 4109T

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4109T

Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 82°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 115 Watt

Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 82°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1785 vs 1445
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21269 vs 10348

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1785 vs 1445
PassMark - CPU mark	21269 vs 10348

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1445

1785

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10348

21269

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4109T	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1445	1785
PassMark - CPU mark	10348	21269
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		660
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6091
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		14639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		68.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		6.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		18.09

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4109T	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q3'17	September 2013
Place in performance rating	1542	1544
Processor Number	4109T	E5-2680V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,260
Price now		$401.11
Value for money (0-100)		11.60
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	82°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	8	10
Number of threads	16	20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		25600 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	115 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S Only
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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® AVX
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® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)