Xeon Silver 4410Y vs E5-2690 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	678	416
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.48	22.42
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014)	Sapphire Rapids
Release date	8 September 2014 (9 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$29	$1073

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4410Y has 28% better value for money than Xeon E5-2690 v3.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	24	24
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	30 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	78 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	78 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon Silver 4410Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	40	80

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.

Silver 4410Y outperforms E5-2690 v3 by 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	10.69	15.50
Recency	8 September 2014	10 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	150 Watt

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