Xeon Silver 4210R vs E5-2696 V3

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2696 V3
2014
18 cores / 36 threads, 145 Watt
13.84
+45.4%
Xeon Silver 4210R
2020
10 cores / 20 threads, 100 Watt
9.52

Xeon E5-2696 V3 outperforms Xeon Silver 4210R by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4210R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking537802
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.56
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency9.039.01
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$511

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 V3 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads3620
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64K (per core)640 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)10 MB
L3 cache45 MB (shared)13.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 V3 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 configuration2no data
Socket2011-3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4210R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4210R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4210R are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Silver 4210R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channelDDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 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 E5-2696 V3 13.84
+45.4%
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 E5-2696 V3 21986
+45.4%
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 E5-2696 V3 1136
+4.9%
Xeon Silver 4210R 1083

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 E5-2696 V3 8122
+32.6%
Xeon Silver 4210R 6126

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.84 9.52
Recency 8 September 2014 24 February 2020
Physical cores 18 10
Threads 36 20
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 100 Watt

Xeon E5-2696 V3 has a 45.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 80% more physical cores and 80% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4210R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 45% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2696 V3 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4210R in performance tests.


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