Intel Xeon Silver 4209T vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4209T and Intel Xeon E5-2683 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 4209T

Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 91°C vs 82.5°C
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: 70 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1693 vs 1647

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	91°C vs 82.5°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1693 vs 1647

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
12 more threads: 28 vs 16
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23758 vs 11080

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	23758 vs 11080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1693

1647

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11080

23758

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1693	1647
PassMark - CPU mark	11080	23758
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		700
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7687

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'19	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$563
Place in performance rating	1325	1337
Processor Number	4209T	E5-2683V3
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.00 GHz
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C	82.5°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	8	14
Number of threads	16	28
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
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® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)