Xeon Silver 4310T vs E7-4850

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	561
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Power efficiency	no data	11.90
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,837	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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	10 (Deca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	20	20
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	640 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2.56 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB	15 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	513 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	88 °C
Number of transistors	2600 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	LGA1567	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	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	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	2 TB	6 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4850 and Xeon Silver 4310T.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 April 2011	6 April 2021
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	105 Watt

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