Xeon Silver 4216 vs Xeon E3-1240 v5 [3-Benchmark Showdown] (2024)

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1240 v5

2015

4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt

5.33

Xeon Silver 4216

2019

16 cores / 32 threads, 100 Watt

13.33

+150%

i3-12100F

i5-13600K

i9-14900KS

Ryzen 5 5500

Ryzen 5 7500F

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX

Silver 4216 outperforms E3-1240 v5 by a whopping 150% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

  1. Primary details
  2. Cost-effectiveness evaluation
  3. Detailed specifications
  4. Compatibility
  5. Supported technologies
  6. RAM capacity and type
  7. Integrated graphics cards
  8. Performance benchmarks
  9. Gaming capabilities
  10. Vote for your favorite
  11. Similar processor comparisons
  12. Community ratings

Xeon E3-1240 v5

Xeon Silver 4216

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1156555
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.4745.96
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date19 October 2015 (8 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$282$1,002

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4216 has 385% better value for money than Xeon E3-1240 v5.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads832
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3521
L1 cache256 KB1 MB
L2 cache1 MB16 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistors1,750 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151,FCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216.Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GB1 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Silver 4216.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1648

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E3-1240 v55.33

Xeon Silver 421613.33

+150%

    Passmark

    Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption andphysics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

    Xeon E3-1240 v58244

    Xeon Silver 421620613

    +150%

    GeekBench 5 Single-Core

    GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

    Xeon E3-1240 v51293

    +26.6%

    Xeon Silver 42161021

    GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

    GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

    Xeon E3-1240 v54320

    Xeon Silver 42167799

    +80.5%

    Gaming performance

    Pros & cons summary

    Performance score5.3313.33
    Recency19 October 20152 April 2019
    Physical cores416
    Threads832
    Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt100 Watt

    Xeon E3-1240 v5 has 25% lower power consumption.

    Xeon Silver 4216, on the other hand, has a 150.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

    The Xeon Silver 4216 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1240 v5 in performance tests.

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