Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon E5-2697 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4208

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 71% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 145 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
12 more threads: 28 vs 16
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1943 vs 1764
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26941 vs 18744

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1943 vs 1764
PassMark - CPU mark	26941 vs 18744

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1764

1943

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18744

26941

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1764	1943
PassMark - CPU mark	18744	26941
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		797
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9536

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-2697 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	1163	1143
Processor Number	4208	E5-2697V3
Series	4200	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.60 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	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	8	14
Number of threads	16	28
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		76.7°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–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 1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	145 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S
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)