Xeon Silver 4210R vs E5-2690 v4

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2690 v4
2016
14 cores / 28 threads, 135 Watt
12.24
+28.6%
Xeon Silver 4210R
2020
10 cores / 20 threads, 100 Watt
9.52

Xeon E5-2690 v4 outperforms Xeon Silver 4210R by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking635802
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.0227.56
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency8.589.01
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,090$511

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210R has 813% better value for money than Xeon E5-2690 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 speed2.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2624
L1 cacheno data640 KB
L2 cache3.5 MB10 MB
L3 cache35 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size306.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature89 °C84 °C
Number of transistors4700 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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)no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R. 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 E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R. 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 E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Silver 4210R.

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 E5-2690 v4 12.24
+28.6%
Xeon Silver 4210R 9.52

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 E5-2690 v4 19440
+28.6%
Xeon Silver 4210R 15118

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 E5-2690 v4 1068
Xeon Silver 4210R 1083
+1.4%

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 E5-2690 v4 7470
+21.9%
Xeon Silver 4210R 6126

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.24 9.52
Recency 20 June 2016 24 February 2020
Physical cores 14 10
Threads 28 20
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 100 Watt

Xeon E5-2690 v4 has a 28.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 40% more physical cores and 40% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4210R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 35% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2690 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4210R in performance tests.


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