Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210R 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 4210R

Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

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 35% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1810 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)	100 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1810 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 4% higher maximum core temperature: 87.6°C vs 84°C
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31494 vs 22754

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 10
Number of threads	36 vs 20
Maximum core temperature	87.6°C vs 84°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	31494 vs 22754

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1810

1549

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22754

31494

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4210R	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1810	1549
PassMark - CPU mark	22754	31494

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4210R	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	24 Feb 2020	Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP)	$501 - $511
Place in performance rating	1076	1073
Processor Number	4210R	E5-4669V3
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 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	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	84°C	87.6°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
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
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	135 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
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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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)