Intel Xeon Silver 4310 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon Silver 4310

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
4 more threads: 24 vs 20
Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 82°C vs 78.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1973 vs 1629
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34033 vs 19847

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 10
Number of threads	24 vs 20
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	82°C vs 78.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1973 vs 1629
PassMark - CPU mark	34033 vs 19847

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1973

1629

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

34033

19847

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1973	1629
PassMark - CPU mark	34033	19847
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		689
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		311.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		160.724

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Haswell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$501 - $511
Place in performance rating	805	804
Processor Number	4310	E5-2650V3
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	12 MB
L3 cache	18 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	82°C	78.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	12	10
Number of threads	24	20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	105 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)