Xeon Silver 4516Y vs E3-1515M v5

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1221not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.10no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency10.52no data
Architecture codenameSkylake-H (2015−2016)no data
Release date24 January 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$489no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads848
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier28no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size171 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C81 °C
Number of transistors2,300 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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)no data
SocketFCBGA1440FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
eDRAM128 MBno data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
Smart Response+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel Iris Pro Graphics P580no data
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 January 2016 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 8 48
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon E3-1515M v5 has 311.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4516Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

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