Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs E5-2667 v2

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General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking833780
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.7518.58
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date1 September 2013 (10 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,300$501
Current price$164 (0.1x MSRP)$406 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210 has 91% better value for money than Xeon E5-2667 v2.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2667 v2 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1620
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)640 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)10 MB
L3 cache20 MB (shared)13.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °C78 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2667 v2 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)130 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
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-
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2667 v2 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 E5-2667 v2 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 E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2667 v2 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 E5-2667 v2
7.97

Silver 4210 outperforms E5-2667 v2 by 9% 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 E5-2667 v2 12267
Xeon Silver 4210 13407
+9.3%

Silver 4210 outperforms E5-2667 v2 by 9% 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 E5-2667 v2 640
Xeon Silver 4210 995
+55.5%

Silver 4210 outperforms E5-2667 v2 by 55% 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 E5-2667 v2 3982
Xeon Silver 4210 5703
+43.2%

Silver 4210 outperforms E5-2667 v2 by 43% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.97 8.71
Recency 1 September 2013 2 April 2019
Physical cores 8 10
Threads 16 20
Cost $2300 $501
Boost clock speed 4000 2200
Base clock speed 3300 0
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 85 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210. The differences in performance seem too small.


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