Xeon Silver 4214 vs E-2126G

Place in the ranking	1035	756
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	21.31	18.16
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	7.74	11.35
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$255	$694

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2126G has 17% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4214.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	6	24
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	12 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	154 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	77 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	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	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	128 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics P630	no data
Max video memory	128 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
DVI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	48

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-2126G 6.79

Xeon Silver 4214 10.58
+55.8%

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-2126G 10392

Xeon Silver 4214 16190
+55.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.79	10.58
Recency	12 July 2018	2 April 2019
Physical cores	6	12
Threads	6	24
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	85 Watt

Xeon E-2126G has 6.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4214, on the other hand, has a 55.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Xeon Silver 4214 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E-2126G in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E-2126G and Xeon Silver 4214, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.