Xeon Silver 4310 vs E-2124

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E-2124
2018
4 cores / 4 threads, 71 Watt
4.37
Xeon Silver 4310
2021
12 cores / 24 threads, 120 Watt
14.01
+221%

Xeon Silver 4310 outperforms Xeon E-2124 by a whopping 221% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Silver 4310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1358529
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.12no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Eno data
Power efficiency5.7411.05
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-S (2017−2018)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date31 May 2018 (6 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$193no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2124 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data82 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2124 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)71 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Silver 4310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size128 GB6 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Silver 4310.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1664

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.

Xeon E-2124 4.37
Xeon Silver 4310 14.01
+221%

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.

Xeon E-2124 6939
Xeon Silver 4310 22250
+221%

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.

Xeon E-2124 1459
+18.6%
Xeon Silver 4310 1230

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.

Xeon E-2124 3934
Xeon Silver 4310 7821
+98.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.37 14.01
Recency 31 May 2018 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 71 Watt 120 Watt

Xeon E-2124 has 69% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310, on the other hand, has a 220.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E-2124 in performance tests.


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