Xeon Silver 4215R vs E7-4860

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	774
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	46.65
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,838	$794

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R 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	10 (Deca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	20	16
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	QPI	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	17	32
L1 cache	640 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	2.56 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	24 MB	11 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	513 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	79 °C
Number of transistors	2600 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	LGA1567	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	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	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	2 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4860 and Xeon Silver 4215R.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 April 2011	24 February 2020
Physical cores	10	8
Threads	20	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm

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