Xeon Silver 4410Y vs E5-2698 v4

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2698 v4
2016
20 cores / 40 threads, 135 Watt
14.43
Xeon Silver 4410Y
2023
12 cores / 24 threads, 150 Watt
15.36
+6.4%

Xeon Silver 4410Y outperforms Xeon E5-2698 v4 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Silver 4410Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking499455
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.7363.10
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency10.129.69
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,226$573

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4410Y has 2211% better value for money than Xeon E5-2698 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2698 v4 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4024
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache50 MB30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2698 v4 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Silver 4410Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 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 E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Silver 4410Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size1.5 TB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Silver 4410Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4080

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 E5-2698 v4 14.43
Xeon Silver 4410Y 15.36
+6.4%

  • Passmark
  • GeekBench 5 Single-Core
  • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

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 E5-2698 v4 22929
Xeon Silver 4410Y 24399
+6.4%

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 E5-2698 v4 1073
Xeon Silver 4410Y 1436
+33.8%

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 E5-2698 v4 8168
Xeon Silver 4410Y 9927
+21.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.43 15.36
Recency 20 June 2016 10 January 2023
Physical cores 20 12
Threads 40 24
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E5-2698 v4 has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4410Y, on the other hand, has a 6.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 6 years.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Silver 4410Y.


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