Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T and Intel Xeon E5-4669 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
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 29% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2288 vs 1713

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 1.5 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2288 vs 1713

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 90 vs 88°C
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 39177 vs 20973

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	90 vs 88°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	39177 vs 20973

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2288

1713

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20973

39177

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2288	1713
PassMark - CPU mark	20973	39177

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$555
Place in performance rating	864	881
Processor Number	4310T	E5-4669V4
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.20 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	90
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of cores		22
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		44
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
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	135 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	4S
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® 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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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)