Intel Xeon Silver 4110 vs E5-4650

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-4650
5.62

Silver 4110 outperforms E5-4650 by 18% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1033933
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.3712.49
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date14 May 2012 (11 years old)11 July 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$799$501
Current price$2101 (2.6x MSRP)$232 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4110 has 3276% better value for money than Xeon E5-4650.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)8 MB
L3 cache20480 KB (shared)11 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors2,270 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110 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 configuration42 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSXno data+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Identity Protection-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size384 GB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-4650 and Xeon Silver 4110.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

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 E5-4650 5.62
Xeon Silver 4110 6.62
+17.8%

Silver 4110 outperforms E5-4650 by 18% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-4650 8630
Xeon Silver 4110 10165
+17.8%

Silver 4110 outperforms E5-4650 by 18% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.62 6.62
Recency 14 May 2012 11 July 2017
Cost $799 $501
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 85 Watt

The Xeon Silver 4110 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-4650 in performance tests.


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