Xeon E5-4610 vs Silver 4112
Aggregated performance score
General info
Comparing Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1290 | 1288 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 5.16 | 0.36 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Sandy Bridge-EP (2012) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (6 years ago) | 14 May 2012 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $473 | no data |
| Current price | $295 (0.6x MSRP) | $18 |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4112 has 1333% better value for money than Xeon E5-4610.
Technical specs
Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8.25 MB | 15 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 435 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,270 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610 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 (Multiprocessor) | 4 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 95 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® AVX |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | no data |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610 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 Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 384 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | 42.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 40 |
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 4.13 | 4.14 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 14 May 2012 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 95 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610. The differences in performance seem too small.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4112 and Xeon E5-4610, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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