Xeon Silver 4210T vs E5-2420

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1605	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.94	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	3.15	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	no data
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$390	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T 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)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	12	20
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	13.75 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	294 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	91 °C
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1356	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	384 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	3	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2420 and Xeon Silver 4210T.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	24	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2012	1 January 2020
Physical cores	6	10
Threads	12	20
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm

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