Xeon Silver 4215R vs E5-2640 v3

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2640 v3
2014
8 cores / 16 threads, 90 Watt
7.00
Xeon Silver 4215R
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 130 Watt
9.45
+35%

Xeon Silver 4215R outperforms Xeon E5-2640 v3 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1009808
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.57
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency7.366.88
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$794

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data32
L1 cache64K (per core)512 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)8 MB
L3 cache20 MB (shared)11 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °C79 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth59 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

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 E5-2640 v3 7.00
Xeon Silver 4215R 9.45
+35%

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.

Xeon E5-2640 v3 11121
Xeon Silver 4215R 15004
+34.9%

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.

Xeon E5-2640 v3 1054
Xeon Silver 4215R 1308
+24.1%

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.

Xeon E5-2640 v3 5473
Xeon Silver 4215R 6964
+27.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.00 9.45
Recency 8 September 2014 24 February 2020
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 130 Watt

Xeon E5-2640 v3 has 44.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4215R, on the other hand, has a 35% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4215R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2640 v3 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Xeon Silver 4215R, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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