Xeon Silver 4114T vs E5-2696 V3
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 521 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 9.10 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 8 September 2014 (10 years ago) | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T 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 | 18 (Octadeca-Core) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 36 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 22 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 640 KB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 10 MB |
| L3 cache | 45 MB (shared) | 13.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 356 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 92 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 77 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | 2011-3 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 145 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channel | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 September 2014 | 11 July 2017 |
| Physical cores | 18 | 10 |
| Threads | 36 | 20 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 145 Watt | 85 Watt |
Xeon E5-2696 V3 has 80% more physical cores and 80% more threads.
Xeon Silver 4114T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 70.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4114T. We've got no test results to judge.
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