Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y vs Intel Xeon L5638

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y and Intel Xeon L5638 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 4410Y

Intel Xeon L5638

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

CPU is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 10 month(s) later
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
12 more threads: 24 vs 12
Around 63% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 32 nm
2.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2827 vs 944
6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 42961 vs 7217

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs March 2010
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	80K (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared) vs 12288 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2827 vs 944
PassMark - CPU mark	42961 vs 7217

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5638

Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 78
65536x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt

Maximum core temperature	85°C vs 78
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 2MB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5638

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2827

944

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

42961

7217

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	Intel Xeon L5638
PassMark - Single thread mark	2827	944
PassMark - CPU mark	42961	7217

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	Intel Xeon L5638
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Westmere EP
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$573	$90
Place in performance rating	385	2178
Processor Number	4410Y	L5638
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$69.90
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		23.41
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	78	85°C
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	12	6
Number of threads	24	12
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size		239 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		1.0 - 1.5V
Memory
Max memory channels	8
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4000 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC	DDR3
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	60 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	80
PCI Express revision	5
Scalability	2S
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
Idle States
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)