Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y and Intel Xeon E5-2696 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1536 GB

Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 20 June 2016
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 1536 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 12
20 more threads: 44 vs 24
Around 47% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
240298.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 83% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	22 vs 12
Number of threads	44 vs 24
L1 cache	1408 KB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	5.5 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	55 MB vs 30 MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2981
PassMark - CPU mark	42702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		238.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.53

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Broadwell EP
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	20 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$573
Place in performance rating	306	307
Processor Number	4410Y	E5-2696 v4
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	E5-2000
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		Xeon E5
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	1408 KB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	5.5 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	55 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	12	22
Number of threads	24	44
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI 4800 MHz
Operating Temperature Range		-25 °C - 125 °C
Transistor count		7.2 billion
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	4 TB	1536 GB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4000 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC	DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		71.53 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	80	40
PCI Express revision	5
Scalability	2S
Number of USB ports		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x4, 1x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel AMX, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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)