Xeon E5-4640 v2 vs Silver 4214R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	707	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.64	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	10.85	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	1 January 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$705	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	24	20
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	8 GT/s
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	no data
L2 cache	12 MB	no data
L3 cache	16.5 MB	20 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	75 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2 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	4
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2. 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	Intel® AVX
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon E5-4640 v2.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	40

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 February 2020	1 January 2014
Physical cores	12	10
Threads	24	20
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	95 Watt

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