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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4110

Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3

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: 1620 vs 1384
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17282 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	1620 vs 1384
PassMark - CPU mark	17282 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

1620

1384

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17282

10838

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4110	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1620	1384
PassMark - CPU mark	17282	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	1580	1575
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)