Intel Xeon Silver 4209T vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4209T and Intel Xeon E5-2696 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
20 more threads: 36 vs 16
4.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	18 vs 8
Number of threads	36 vs 16
L3 cache	45 MB vs 11 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1693
PassMark - CPU mark	11080
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		209.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		27.642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		6767

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell-EP
Launch date	Q2'19	Q4'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$563
Place in performance rating	1325	1318
Processor Number	4209T	E5-2696 v3
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2300 MHz
L3 cache	11 MB	45 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	8	18
Number of threads	16	36
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache		1.125 MB
L2 cache		4.5 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory size	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	LGA2011-3 (R3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
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
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
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
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)