Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4 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 E5-4660 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4208

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1764 vs 1575

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1764 vs 1575

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
16 more threads: 32 vs 16
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24421 vs 18744

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Number of threads	32 vs 16
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	24421 vs 18744

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1764

1575

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18744

24421

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1764	1575
PassMark - CPU mark	18744	24421

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4208	Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Broadwell
Family	Xeon Silver
Launch date	2 April 2019	Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$417
Place in performance rating	1161	1168
Processor Number	4208	E5-4660V4
Series	4200	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of threads	16	32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		83
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	4S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)