Intel Xeon Silver 4216 vs Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4216 and Intel Xeon E5-2695 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4216

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 14
  • 4 more threads: 32 vs 28
  • 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 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30184 vs 28093
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 14
Number of threads 32 vs 28
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 30184 vs 28093

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1865 vs 1780
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1865 vs 1780

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4216
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1780
1865
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
30184
28093
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1780 1865
PassMark - CPU mark 30184 28093

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Haswell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $1002-1012
Place in performance rating 979 971
Processor Number 4216 E5-2695V3
Vertical segment Server Server
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 22 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 79 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 16 14
Number of threads 32 28
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 82.6°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4 1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 51mm

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® 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)