Xeon E6510 vs Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	985	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.78	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	7.88	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.73 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	8 MB	no data
L3 cache	11 MB	12 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	no data
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	64 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510 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 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Xeon E6510.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	1 January 2010
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	8
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	105 Watt

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