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.

 

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 1206 1196
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)