Intel Xeon Silver 4310 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310

Around 14% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 82°C vs 80°C
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 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1971 vs 1731
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34047 vs 23148

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	82°C vs 80°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 1.5 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1971 vs 1731
PassMark - CPU mark	34047 vs 23148

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

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 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1971

1731

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

34047

23148

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1971	1731
PassMark - CPU mark	34047	23148
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2672
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		8676

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$501 - $511
Place in performance rating	829	832
Processor Number	4310	E5-2650V4
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	12 MB
L3 cache	18 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	82°C	80°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	12	12
Number of threads	24	24
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
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)	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)