Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs Intel Xeon E5-4650

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210R and Intel Xeon E5-4650 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

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1809 vs 1430
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22527 vs 13713
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 vs May 2012
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 640 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 10 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 384 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1809 vs 1430
PassMark - CPU mark 22527 vs 13713

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 45% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 13.75 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1809
1430
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22527
13713
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon E5-4650
PassMark - Single thread mark 1809 1430
PassMark - CPU mark 22527 13713
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2693
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16028

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon E5-4650

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $501 - $511 $799
Place in performance rating 987 668
Processor Number 4210R E5-4650
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $95.49
Value for money (0-100) 37.38

Performance

Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 640 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 10 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 13.75 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 10 8
Number of threads 20 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 384 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 4S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)