Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y and Intel Xeon E5-2699A 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y

Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 1.5 TB
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 145 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2456 vs 2080

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 1.5 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 145 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2456 vs 2080

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4

Around 40% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44340 vs 31783

Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	44340 vs 31783

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2456

2080

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

31783

44340

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y	Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2456	2080
PassMark - CPU mark	31783	44340

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y	Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	04'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$501 - $511
Place in performance rating	554	551
Processor Number	4309Y	E5-2699AV4
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.80 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	76°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of cores		22
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		44
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	145 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
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
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
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
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)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)