Intel Xeon Silver 4214 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4214 and Intel Xeon E5-2697 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4214

  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 145 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 12
  • 12 more threads: 36 vs 24
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2098 vs 1787
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38201 vs 25829
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 12
Number of threads 36 vs 24
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2098 vs 1787
PassMark - CPU mark 38201 vs 25829

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4214
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1787
2098
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25829
38201
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4214 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 1787 2098
PassMark - CPU mark 25829 38201
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 736
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8900

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4214 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $694-704
Place in performance rating 1041 1051
Processor Number 4214 E5-2697V4
Vertical segment Server Server
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.30 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 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 12 18
Number of threads 24 36
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 79°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 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 145 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)