Intel Xeon Silver 4310 vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310 and Intel Xeon E5-2678 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache	12 MB vs 3 MB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Around 67% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

L3 cache	30 MB vs 18 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1984
PassMark - CPU mark	34393
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		7451

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Haswell-EP
Launch date	6 Apr 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$501 - $511
Place in performance rating	873	867
Processor Number	4310	E5-2678 v3
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2500 MHz
L1 cache	768 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	18 MB	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	82°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	12	12
Number of threads	24	24
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Memory
Max memory channels	8	2
Maximum memory size	6 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	LGA2011-3 (R3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
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
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
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
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® TSX-NI
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)