Xeon Silver 4310T vs E5-2680 v4

Place in the ranking	694	564
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.94	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	8.79	11.90
Architecture codename	Broadwell-EP (2016)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,745	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	28	20
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	448 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3.5 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	35 MB	15 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	306.18 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	88 °C
Number of transistors	4700 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	6 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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.

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 E5-2680 v4 11.15

Xeon Silver 4310T 13.20
+18.4%

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.

Xeon E5-2680 v4 17709

Xeon Silver 4310T 20973
+18.4%

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.

Xeon E5-2680 v4 1019

Xeon Silver 4310T 1392
+36.6%

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.

Xeon E5-2680 v4 6911

Xeon Silver 4310T 8500
+23%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.15	13.20
Recency	20 June 2016	6 April 2021
Physical cores	14	10
Threads	28	20
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	105 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 40% more physical cores and 40% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4310T, on the other hand, has a 18.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 14.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Silver 4310T is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4310T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.