Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T and Intel Xeon E5-2699 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 88°C vs 76.4°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 38% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 145 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 1915

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	88°C vs 76.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 145 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089 vs 1915

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 33219 vs 20607

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	33219 vs 20607

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

1915

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20607

33219

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	1915
PassMark - CPU mark	20607	33219

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Haswell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$555
Place in performance rating	1001	935
Processor Number	4310T	E5-2699V3
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Announced
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB
L2 cache	10 MB
L3 cache	15 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	88°C	76.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 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		18
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		36
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 51mm
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)