Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
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Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4. Specifications

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Released
Q2/2021
Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
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Q1/2016
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y or Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y has a base frequency of 2.80 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 85 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 33% better clock speed

    2.80 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 20% higher specified turbo frequency

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    85 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    458 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    127 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    653 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    274 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    772 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    358 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    311 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    124 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    372 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    129 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    329 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Silver 4300 left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Silver left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    No left arrow Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    No left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.8 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.6 GHz left arrow 3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.6 GHz
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
    - left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • JPEG
    - left arrow No
  • VC-1
    - left arrow No
  • VP8
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    6144 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    8 left arrow 4
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2133
  • PCIe
    4 x 64 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 40
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y and Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 85 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    No left arrow -
  • TDP down
    No left arrow -
  • TDP up
    No left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y and Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Ice Lake left arrow Broadwell E
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    No left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    12 MB left arrow 20 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow Q1/2016
  • Socket
    LGA 4189 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

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