Intel Xeon Silver 4214 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4214 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 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 4214

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4214

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
8 more threads: 24 vs 16
Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1801 vs 1702
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25806 vs 15895

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1801 vs 1702
PassMark - CPU mark	25806 vs 15895

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB

Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 1 TB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4214
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1801

1702

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

25806

15895

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4214	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1801	1702
PassMark - CPU mark	25806	15895
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		643
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4621

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4214	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$694-704
Place in performance rating	1086	1630
Processor Number	4214	E5-2620V4
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	12 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	77 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of threads	24	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		74°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68.3 GB/s
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)