Xeon Silver 4114 vs E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	733	822
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.87	18.55
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Xeon	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$694
Current price	$148	$88 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4114 has 170% better value for money than Xeon E5-2678 v3.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	24	20
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	640 KB
L2 cache	3072 KB	10 MB
L3 cache	30 MB	13.75 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	78 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	5,560 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114 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	2	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	LGA2011-3	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114. 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	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	no data	768 GB
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Silver 4114.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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.

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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.

E5-2678 v3 outperforms Silver 4114 by 12% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.52	8.50
Physical cores	12	10
Threads	24	20
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	85 Watt

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