Xeon Silver 4310 vs i7-740QM

Place in the ranking	2365	522
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Core i7	no data
Power efficiency	2.43	11.00
Architecture codename	Clarksfield (2009−2010)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	22 June 2010 (14 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$546	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	8	24
Base clock speed	1.73 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.93 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	13	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	296 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	82 °C
Number of transistors	774 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	+	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	8 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

None

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310.

PCIe version	2	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-740QM 1.20

Xeon Silver 4310 14.47
+1106%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-740QM 1831

Xeon Silver 4310 22146
+1110%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-740QM 346

Xeon Silver 4310 1238
+258%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-740QM 966

Xeon Silver 4310 7781
+705%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.20	14.47
Recency	22 June 2010	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	8	24
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	120 Watt

i7-740QM has 166.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310, on the other hand, has a 1105.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-740QM in performance tests.

Be aware that Core i7-740QM is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4310 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-740QM and Xeon Silver 4310, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.