Intel Xeon Silver 4215 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4215 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4215

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4215

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

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
20 more threads: 36 vs 16
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2105 vs 1810
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38140 vs 22379

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 8
Number of threads	36 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2105 vs 1810
PassMark - CPU mark	38140 vs 22379

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4215
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1810

2105

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22379

38140

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4215	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1810	2105
PassMark - CPU mark	22379	38140
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		736
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		8900

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4215	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Broadwell
Family	Xeon Silver
Launch date	2 April 2019	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$794
Place in performance rating	997	972
Processor Number	4215	E5-2697V4
Series	4200	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	77 °C
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	8	18
Number of threads	16	36
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
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 bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
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
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)