Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 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, 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).

Intel Xeon Silver 4210

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4210

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
8 more threads: 20 vs 12
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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1816 vs 1696
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23462 vs 13211

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1816 vs 1696
PassMark - CPU mark	23462 vs 13211

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1816

1696

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23462

13211

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1816	1696
PassMark - CPU mark	23462	13211
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		697
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		194.017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		7.846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.998

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$501-511
Place in performance rating	1106	1404
Processor Number	4210	E5-2620V3
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB
L2 cache	10 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	10	6
Number of threads	20	12
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		72.6°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
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)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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® 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
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)