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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

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	1069	1090
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)