Intel Xeon Silver 4116T vs Intel Xeon E5-4650L

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4116T and Intel Xeon E5-4650L 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4116T

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 384 GB
  • Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1781 vs 1439
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 384 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1781 vs 1439

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650L

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28193 vs 15187
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 28193 vs 15187

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650L

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1781
1439
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15187
28193
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4116T Intel Xeon E5-4650L
PassMark - Single thread mark 1781 1439
PassMark - CPU mark 15187 28193

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4116T Intel Xeon E5-4650L

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date Q3'17 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1203 1185
Processor Number 4116T E5-4650L
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $8,685
Price now $8,684.50
Value for money (0-100) 0.40

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 91°C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 768 GB 384 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 115 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 Only

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® 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
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)