Xeon Silver 4214R vs E5520

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1997	613
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.58	32.66
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	March 2009 (15 years ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$19	$705
Current price	$75 (3.9x MSRP)	$418 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4214R has 1166% better value for money than Xeon E5520.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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	4 (Quad-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	8	24
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	12 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	263 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	79 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1366	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R. 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	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	144 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	3	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Silver 4214R.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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.

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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 4214R outperforms E5520 by 628% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.63	11.86
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	8	24
Cost	$19	$705
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	100 Watt

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