Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y and Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2 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 4514Y

Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y

CPU is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
16 more threads: 32 vs 16
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 80°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
2.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2253 vs 1668
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 49035 vs 16584

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Dec 2023 vs September 2013
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Number of threads	32 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 80°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache	80 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared) vs 20480 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2253 vs 1668
PassMark - CPU mark	49035 vs 16584

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2253

1668

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

49035

16584

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y	Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	2253	1668
PassMark - CPU mark	49035	16584
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		17874

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y	Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
Essentials
Launch date	14 Dec 2023	September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$780
Place in performance rating	570	577
Architecture codename		Ivy Bridge EN
Processor Number		E5-2450V2
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2000 MHz	2.50 GHz
Die size	2x 763 mm²	160 mm
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	79°C
Maximum core temperature	90°C	80°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	16	8
Number of threads	32	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65-1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	4677	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 42.5mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)	x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		24
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)