Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8156

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T and Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 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 Platinum 8156

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Around 24% higher maximum core temperature: 88°C vs 71°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20607 vs 16852

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	88°C vs 71°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	20607 vs 16852

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8156

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2245 vs 2089

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2245 vs 2089

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Platinum 8156

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

2245

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20607

16852

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	2245
PassMark - CPU mark	20607	16852

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Skylake
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP)	$555
Place in performance rating	1001	980
Processor Number	4310T	8156
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	3.60 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	71°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2	3
Number of cores		4
Number of threads		8
Memory
Max memory channels	8	6
Maximum memory size	6 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2666
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	48
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	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	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)