Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon E5-4650L

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Intel Xeon E5-4650L

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4208

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 384 GB
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1740 vs 1439

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2019 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 384 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1740 vs 1439

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650L

Around 82% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28193 vs 18023

Specifications (specs)
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 11 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	28193 vs 18023

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650L

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1740

1439

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18023

28193

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-4650L
PassMark - Single thread mark	1740	1439
PassMark - CPU mark	18023	28193

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-4650L
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Sandy Bridge EP
Family	Xeon Silver
Launch date	2 April 2019	May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$8,685
Place in performance rating	1189	1187
Processor Number	4208	E5-4650L
Series	4200	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$8,684.50
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		0.40
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	11 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.6V-1.35V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	384 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	115 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
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
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® 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)