Intel Xeon Silver 4215 vs Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4215 and Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4215

Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4215

Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
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 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1810 vs 1531

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1810 vs 1531

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31723 vs 22379

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	31723 vs 22379

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4215
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1810

1531

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22379

31723

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4215	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1810	1531
PassMark - CPU mark	22379	31723

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4215	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Ivy Bridge EP
Family	Xeon Silver
Launch date	2 April 2019	Q1'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$794
Place in performance rating	1086	1081
Processor Number	4215	E5-4650V2
Series	4200	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	77 °C
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	10
Number of threads	16	20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		75°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65-1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		52.5 mm x 45 mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	4S Only
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® AVX
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
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)