Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210 and Intel Xeon E5-4669 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210

Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4210

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
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 59% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1798 vs 1549

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1798 vs 1549

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 10
16 more threads: 36 vs 20
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31494 vs 23506

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 10
Number of threads	36 vs 20
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	31494 vs 23506

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1798

1549

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23506

31494

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1798	1549
PassMark - CPU mark	23506	31494

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP)	$501-511
Place in performance rating	1071	1073
Processor Number	4210	E5-4669V3
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.10 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	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	10	18
Number of threads	20	36
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		87.6°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	135 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	4S
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® 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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)