Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs Intel Xeon X5667

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T and Intel Xeon X5667 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 X5667

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 88°C vs 82.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 32 nm
10x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
40x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
21.3x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 288 GB
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 1445
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20607 vs 8462

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Apr 2021 vs March 2010
Maximum core temperature	88°C vs 82.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	640 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	15 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 288 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089 vs 1445
PassMark - CPU mark	20607 vs 8462

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5667

Around 2% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5667

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

1445

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20607

8462

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon X5667
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	1445
PassMark - CPU mark	20607	8462
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2695
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9962

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon X5667
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Westmere EP
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$555	$80
Place in performance rating	970	962
Processor Number	4310T	X5667
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$70
Value for money (0-100)		19.87
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	3.06 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	15 MB	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	88°C	82.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		239 mm
Number of cores		4
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		8
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Max memory channels	8	3
Maximum memory size	6 TB	288 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		32 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	42.5mm X 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64
PCI Express revision	4.0
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® SSE4.2
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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-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)