Xeon Silver 4314 vs E3-1505L v6

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1375	283
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.66	3.83
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E3	no data
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$433	no data
Current price	$227 (0.5x MSRP)	$6417

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4314 has 5% better value for money than Xeon E3-1505L v6.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	8	32
Base clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus support	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	86 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	86 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314 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	no data	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	+	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	64 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics P630

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Silver 4314.

PCIe version	3.0	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.

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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.

Silver 4314 outperforms E3-1505L v6 by 380% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.94	18.91
Recency	3 January 2017	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	16
Threads	8	32
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	135 Watt

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