Xeon E5-1691 V3 vs Silver 4210R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking790not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation28.27no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency9.01no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Haswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)8 September 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$511no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads2028
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache640 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache10 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache13.75 MB35 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data356 mm2
Maximum core temperature84 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA36472011-3
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3 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 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Xeon E5-1691 V3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4840

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2020 8 September 2014
Physical cores 10 14
Threads 20 28
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 135 Watt

Xeon Silver 4210R has an age advantage of 5 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 35% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-1691 V3, on the other hand, has 40% more physical cores and 40% more threads.

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