Intel Xeon Silver 4116T vs Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4116T and Intel Xeon E3-1220L 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
20 more threads: 24 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
23.8x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32.23 GB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1781 vs 1538
6.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15187 vs 2348

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32.23 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1781 vs 1538
PassMark - CPU mark	15187 vs 2348

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
5x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1781

1538

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15187

2348

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4116T	Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1781	1538
PassMark - CPU mark	15187	2348
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2267
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5828

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4116T	Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Ivy Bridge
Launch date	Q3'17	May 2012
Place in performance rating	1239	1215
Processor Number	4116T	E3-1220LV2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	12	2
Number of threads	24	4
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Memory
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory size	768 GB	32.23 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 1333/1600
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	FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	17 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S
PCIe configurations		1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection 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® 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
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)