Xeon E5-2698A V3 vs Silver 4310

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	530	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	11.05	no data
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	18 November 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	24	32
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	18 MB (shared)	40 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	356 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82 °C	88 °C
Number of transistors	no data	2,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3 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	2
Socket	FCLGA4189	2011-3
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size	6 TB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and Xeon E5-2698A V3.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	64	40

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 April 2021	18 November 2014
Physical cores	12	16
Threads	24	32
Chip lithography	10 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	165 Watt

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