Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y and Intel Xeon E5-2687W 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y

Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 67°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 32 nm
8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
32x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
24x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 256 GB
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2405 vs 1736
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30847 vs 17673

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Apr 2021 vs March 2012
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 67°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 256 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2405 vs 1736
PassMark - CPU mark	30847 vs 17673

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Around 67% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 12 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2405

1736

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

30847

17673

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y	Intel Xeon E5-2687W
PassMark - Single thread mark	2405	1736
PassMark - CPU mark	30847	17673
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		699
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5632
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		12747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		56.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		269.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		78.498

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y	Intel Xeon E5-2687W
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$501 - $511	$815
Place in performance rating	713	719
Processor Number	4309Y	E5-2687W
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$2,636.50
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Performance
Base frequency	2.80 GHz	3.10 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	76°C	67°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
Number of cores		8
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		16
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V - 1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	256 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)