Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y vs Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y and Intel Xeon E5-4660 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y

  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1822 vs 1575
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1822 vs 1575

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
  • 8 more threads: 32 vs 24
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 83 vs 77°C
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24421 vs 16442
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 12
Number of threads 32 vs 24
Maximum core temperature 83 vs 77°C
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 24421 vs 16442

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1822
1575
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16442
24421
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 1822 1575
PassMark - CPU mark 16442 24421

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y Intel Xeon E5-4660 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP) $768
Place in performance rating 1174 1170
Processor Number 4214Y E5-4660V4
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.20 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 16.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 83
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 12 16
Number of threads 24 32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 120 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)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)