Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs E5-2650 v4

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General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking755780
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money87.7818.58
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,166$501
Current price$17.28 (0x MSRP)$406 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2650 v4 has 372% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4210.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus support2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data640 KB
L2 cache3 MB10 MB
L3 cache30 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size306.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature80 °C78 °C
Number of transistors4700 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 configuration22 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® 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+no data
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1.5 TB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

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 E5-2650 v4
8.97
+3%

E5-2650 v4 outperforms Silver 4210 by 3% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-2650 v4 13803
+3%
Xeon Silver 4210 13407

E5-2650 v4 outperforms Silver 4210 by 3% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2650 v4 554
Xeon Silver 4210 995
+79.6%

Silver 4210 outperforms E5-2650 v4 by 80% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2650 v4 2679
Xeon Silver 4210 5703
+113%

Silver 4210 outperforms E5-2650 v4 by 113% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.97 8.71
Recency 20 June 2016 2 April 2019
Physical cores 12 10
Threads 24 20
Cost $1166 $501
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 85 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210. The differences in performance seem too small.


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