Xeon Silver 4310 vs E5-2696 V3

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	446	433
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	45.68	32.60
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	8 September 2014 (9 years old)	6 April 2021 (3 years old)
Current price	$122	$657

Xeon E5-2696 V3 has 40% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4310.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	36	24
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	45 MB (shared)	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	82 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	77 °C	82 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310 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	2011-3	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310. 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	+	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR42133 MHz Quad-channel	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4310.

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.

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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 4310 outperforms E5-2696 V3 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	14.60	14.78
Recency	8 September 2014	6 April 2021
Physical cores	18	12
Threads	36	24
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	120 Watt

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