Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2016
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
Released
Q2/2019
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Intel Xeon Silver 4210
Intel Xeon Silver 4210

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 or Intel Xeon Silver 4210? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. 14 Cores. Power consumption of 120 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210 has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 85 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    406 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 8% better clock speed

    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    14 left arrow 10
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 3% better overclocked clock speed

    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    517 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    214 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    550 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    143 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    210 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    50 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    270 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    62 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    242 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    163 place
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.71 times less performance per watt

    85 W left arrow 120 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Silver 4210 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    353 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    183 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
Intel Xeon Silver 4210 Intel Xeon Silver 4210
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow Intel Xeon Silver
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v4 left arrow Intel Xeon Silver 4200
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 left arrow Intel Xeon Silver 4110
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    14 left arrow 10
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    28 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4210 and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 6
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow 48
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Intel Xeon Silver 4210 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    120 W left arrow 85 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    35.00 MB left arrow 13.75 MB
  • Architecture
    Broadwell E left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Release date
    Q1/2016 left arrow Q2/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Intel Xeon Silver 4210.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
19864
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
15879
Intel Xeon Silver 4210

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