Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon E5-1650 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4208

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19398 vs 10427

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	19398 vs 10427

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2124 vs 1789

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2124 vs 1789

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1789

2124

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19398

10427

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1789	2124
PassMark - CPU mark	19398	10427
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		914
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		31.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		249.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		95.407

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Family	Xeon Silver
Launch date	2 April 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$417
Place in performance rating	1049	956
Processor Number	4208	E5-1650V3
Series	4200	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3.50 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	16	12
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		0 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		66.7°C
Number of QPI Links		0
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	1S Only
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)