Intel Xeon Silver 4116T vs Intel Xeon E7-4830

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4116T and Intel Xeon E7-4830 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 E7-4830

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
Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Around 42% higher maximum core temperature: 91°C vs 64°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1781 vs 1012

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	91°C vs 64°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1781 vs 1012

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4830

2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 TB vs 768 GB
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19981 vs 15187

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	2 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	19981 vs 15187

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4830

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1781

1012

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15187

19981

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4116T	Intel Xeon E7-4830
PassMark - Single thread mark	1781	1012
PassMark - CPU mark	15187	19981
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1696
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		10382

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4116T	Intel Xeon E7-4830
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Westmere EX
Launch date	Q3'17	Q2'11
Place in performance rating	1203	1194
Processor Number	4116T	E7-4830
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.13 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C	64°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of threads	24	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	105 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	2S	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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 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
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)