Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y vs Intel Xeon Gold 5120

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y and Intel Xeon Gold 5120 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3116 vs 1730
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44678 vs 29983
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3116 vs 1730
PassMark - CPU mark 44678 vs 29983

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5120

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
  • 4 more threads: 28 vs 24
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 81°C vs 78
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Number of cores 14 vs 12
Number of threads 28 vs 24
Maximum core temperature 81°C vs 78
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 5120

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3116
1730
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44678
29983
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y Intel Xeon Gold 5120
PassMark - Single thread mark 3116 1730
PassMark - CPU mark 44678 29983
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3452
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 24230

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y Intel Xeon Gold 5120

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Skylake
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP) $573
Place in performance rating 256 250
Processor Number 4410Y 5120
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.20 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core)
L2 cache 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 30 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 78 81°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 12 14
Number of threads 24 28
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2

Memory

Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory size 4 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4000 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4677 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 80 48
PCI Express revision 5 3.0
Scalability 2S S4S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel AMX, 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
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2 1
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
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)