Xeon Silver 4310 vs E6510
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 525 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | no data | 10.99 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (14 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 1.73 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.73 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB L3 Cache | 18 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | no data | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 64 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 82 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310 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 | no data | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA1567 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 120 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310. 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 | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 64 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2010 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 12 |
| Threads | 8 | 24 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 120 Watt |
Xeon E6510 has 14.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4310, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E6510 and Xeon Silver 4310, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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