Intel Xeon Silver 4510 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4510 and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, 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 4510

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 102°C vs 86°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.1x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6.9x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3277 vs 1960
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 57247 vs 28247
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 Dec 2023 vs 10 March 2016
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature 102°C vs 86°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) vs 448 KB
L2 cache 2 MB (per core) vs 3.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3277 vs 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 57247 vs 28247

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
  • 4 more threads: 28 vs 24
  • Around 17% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Number of cores 14 vs 12
Number of threads 28 vs 24
L3 cache 35 MB vs 30 MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4510
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3277
1960
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
57247
28247
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4510 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 3277 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 57247 28247
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 30097

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4510 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Essentials

Launch date 14 Dec 2023 10 March 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $563 $1,745
Place in performance rating 137 149
Architecture codename Broadwell
Price now $1,762.90
Processor Number E5-2680V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 3.32
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) 448 KB
L2 cache 2 MB (per core) 3.5 MB
L3 cache 30 MB (shared) 35 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 84°C
Maximum core temperature 102°C 86°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 12 14
Number of threads 24 28
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Die size 306 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 9.6 GT / s / QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 4700 Million
VID voltage range 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported 4677 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only) x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S

Graphics

Processor graphics None

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-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)