Xeon E5-4628L v4 vs Silver 4116

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	756	875
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	33.49	0.58
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon E5
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$2,535
Current price	$138 (0.1x MSRP)	$2999 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4116 has 5674% better value for money than Xeon E5-4628L v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads	24	28
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus support	no data	2 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	3.5 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	35 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	306.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	4700 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	75 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1,536 GB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Xeon E5-4628L v4.

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.

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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 4116 outperforms E5-4628L v4 by 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.48	8.06
Recency	11 July 2017	20 June 2016
Physical cores	12	14
Threads	24	28
Cost	$1002	$2535
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	75 Watt

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