Xeon Silver 4210R vs E5-4627 v2
Aggregate performance score
Silver 4210R outperforms E5-4627 v2 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1068 | 762 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 73.13 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 1 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 24 February 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $511 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | no data | 640 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 10 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB Intel® Smart Cache | 13.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 88 °C | 84 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 | 4 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 100 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | 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 | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Status | Discontinued | Launched |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 4 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 59.7 GB/s | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R.
| 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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.03 | 9.78 |
| Recency | 1 January 2014 | 24 February 2020 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 10 |
| Threads | 8 | 20 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 100 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4210R has a 62.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 25% more physical cores and 150% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 30% lower power consumption.
The Xeon Silver 4210R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-4627 v2 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-4627 v2 and Xeon Silver 4210R, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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