Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210R and Intel Xeon E5-2683 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1809 vs 1752
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1809 vs 1752

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
  • 12 more threads: 32 vs 20
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28237 vs 22527
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 10
Number of threads 32 vs 20
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 28237 vs 22527

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1809
1752
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22527
28237
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 1809 1752
PassMark - CPU mark 22527 28237
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3194
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 28493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 107.856
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 28.156

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $501 - $511
Place in performance rating 987 754
Processor Number 4210R E5-2683V4
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 2.10 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 84°C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 10 16
Number of threads 20 32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 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 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 120 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)