Intel Xeon Silver 4110 vs Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4110 and Intel Xeon E5-4650 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4110

  • 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
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1623 vs 1384
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17277 vs 10838
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1623 vs 1384
PassMark - CPU mark 17277 vs 10838

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 77°C
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 77.6°C vs 77°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4110
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1623
1384
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17277
10838
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1623 1384
PassMark - CPU mark 17277 10838
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4874

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Haswell
Launch date Q3'17 Q2'15
Place in performance rating 1579 1574
Processor Number 4110 E5-4650V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 77.6°C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 768 GB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 105 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 4S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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® 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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)