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.

 

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 1340
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)