Xeon Silver 4110 vs E5-1650 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	984	1047
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.44	6.19
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	4.88	7.17
Architecture codename	Broadwell-EP (2016)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$617	$501

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4110 has 80% better value for money than Xeon E5-1650 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	36	21
L1 cache	64K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	11 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	77 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
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	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Xeon Silver 4110.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	7.35	6.56
Recency	20 June 2016	11 July 2017
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	85 Watt

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