Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y and Intel Xeon E5-2697 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y

Around 0% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 76.7°C
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 71% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 145 Watt

Maximum core temperature	77°C vs 76.7°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
4 more threads: 28 vs 24
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1927 vs 1822
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26285 vs 16442

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 12
Number of threads	28 vs 24
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1927 vs 1822
PassMark - CPU mark	26285 vs 16442

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1822

1927

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16442

26285

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1822	1927
PassMark - CPU mark	16442	26285
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		797
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9536

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$768
Place in performance rating	1071	1064
Processor Number	4214Y	E5-2697V3
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	12 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	76.7°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	12	14
Number of threads	24	28
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		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 51mm
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
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)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
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)