Xeon Silver 4210 vs E5-2680 v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2680 v4
2016
14 cores / 28 threads, 120 Watt
11.12
+30.7%
Xeon Silver 4210
2019
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
8.51

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms Xeon Silver 4210 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking705896
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.9819.19
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency8.779.47
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,745$501

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210 has 544% better value for money than Xeon E5-2680 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2820
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier2422
L1 cache448 KB640 KB
L2 cache3.5 MB10 MB
L3 cache35 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size306.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature86 °C78 °C
Number of transistors4700 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210. 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 E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1.5 TB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210.

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 E5-2680 v4 11.12
+30.7%
Xeon Silver 4210 8.51

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 E5-2680 v4 17664
+30.7%
Xeon Silver 4210 13520

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 E5-2680 v4 1021
+6.2%
Xeon Silver 4210 961

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 E5-2680 v4 6917
+23.7%
Xeon Silver 4210 5592

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.12 8.51
Recency 20 June 2016 2 April 2019
Physical cores 14 10
Threads 28 20
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a 30.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 40% more physical cores and 40% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 41.2% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2680 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4210 in performance tests.


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