Xeon E-2236 vs Silver 4210

Place in performance ranking	789	758
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	18.56	19.27
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon E
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years old)	27 May 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$501	$284
Current price	$406 (0.8x MSRP)	$427 (1.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2236 has 4% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4210.

Technical specs

Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	20	12
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	640 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	10 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB	12 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	149.6 mm²
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236 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)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236. 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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	N/A
Max resolution over eDP	no data	N/A
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	N/A
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	N/A
OpenGL	no data	N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Xeon E-2236.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

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 Silver 4210 8.80

Xeon E-2236 9.16
+4.1%

E-2236 outperforms Silver 4210 by 4% based on our aggregated 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 Silver 4210 13480

Xeon E-2236 14023
+4%

E-2236 outperforms Silver 4210 by 4% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Silver 4210 996

Xeon E-2236 1592
+59.8%

E-2236 outperforms Silver 4210 by 60% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Silver 4210 5745

Xeon E-2236 6312
+9.9%

E-2236 outperforms Silver 4210 by 10% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.