Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs Intel Xeon D-1540

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T and Intel Xeon D-1540 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 4310T

Intel Xeon D-1540

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Around 31% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 88°C vs 80°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 128 GB
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 1621
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20607 vs 10037

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature	88°C vs 80°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089 vs 1621
PassMark - CPU mark	20607 vs 10037

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1540

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 105 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon D-1540

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

1621

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20607

10037

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon D-1540
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	1621
PassMark - CPU mark	20607	10037
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1980
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		11725

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon D-1540
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q1'15
Launch price (MSRP)	$555
Place in performance rating	1001	1011
Processor Number	4310T	D-1540
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB
L2 cache	10 MB
L3 cache	15 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	88°C	80°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	2.60 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Number of cores		8
Number of threads		16
Memory
Max memory channels	8	2
Maximum memory size	6 TB	128 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCBGA1667
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	32
PCI Express revision	4.0	2.0/3.0
Scalability	2S	1S Only
Integrated LAN
Number of USB ports		8
PCIe configurations		x4 x8 x16
Total number of SATA ports		6
UART
USB revision		2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Intel® TSX-NI
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)