Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116

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Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3

Intel Xeon Silver 4116

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 with 10 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon Silver 4116 with 12 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16.5MB)

Intel Xeon Silver 4116 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (85W vs 135W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 +29%

1046

Intel Xeon Silver 4116

805

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3

6173

Intel Xeon Silver 4116 +11%

6869

Blender

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 +16%

149

Intel Xeon Silver 4116

128

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3

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Intel Xeon Silver 4116

General Parameters

Nov 2014

Release Date

Jul 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Skylake-SP

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon Silver (Skylake-SP)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

135 W

Power Consumption

85 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

10

Total Core Count

12

20

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

25 MB shared

L3 Cache

16.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133,DDR3-2133

Memory Types

DDR4

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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