Intel Xeon Silver 4209T vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4209T and Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 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 E5-2690 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 91°C vs 88°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 86% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 130 Watt

Maximum core temperature	91°C vs 88°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
2.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1849 vs 1693
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22000 vs 11080

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
L3 cache	25600 KB (shared) vs 11 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1849 vs 1693
PassMark - CPU mark	22000 vs 11080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1693

1849

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11080

22000

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1693	1849
PassMark - CPU mark	11080	22000
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6694

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q2'19	September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$563	$2,697
Place in performance rating	1334	1341
Processor Number	4209T	E5-2690V2
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$435
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		11.18
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	3.00 GHz
L3 cache	11 MB	25600 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C	88°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	8	10
Number of threads	16	20
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
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	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	130 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® AVX
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)