Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210R and Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 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 4210R

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 12 more threads: 20 vs 8
  • Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 74°C
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1810 vs 1069
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22754 vs 10057
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 84°C vs 74°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1810 vs 1069
PassMark - CPU mark 22754 vs 10057

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1810
1069
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22754
10057
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 1810 1069
PassMark - CPU mark 22754 10057
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2235
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11423

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $501 - $511
Place in performance rating 1076 1097
Processor Number 4210R E5-2609V4
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.40 GHz 1.70 GHz
L1 cache 640 KB
L2 cache 10 MB
L3 cache 13.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C 74°C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 10 8
Number of threads 20 8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4 1600/1866

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 85 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)
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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
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)