Intel Xeon Silver 4215 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,262

Rank #645

vs
5,083

Rank #805

5,262
5,083

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 3.4% (Rank #645 vs #805)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,178

Rank #825

vs
5,267

Rank #754

5,178
5,267

Xeon E3-1280 v3 wins by 1.7% (Rank #825 vs #754)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,388

Rank #438

vs
4,807

Rank #834

5,388
4,807

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 10.8% (Rank #438 vs #834)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,912

Rank #433

vs
4,689

Rank #704

4,912
4,689

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 4.5% (Rank #433 vs #704)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,930

Rank #465

vs
4,700

Rank #675

4,930
4,700

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 4.7% (Rank #465 vs #675)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,023

Rank #381

vs
4,725

Rank #694

5,023
4,725

Xeon Silver 4215 wins by 5.9% (Rank #381 vs #694)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4215 Xeon E3-1280 v3 Diff
Cores
8
4
+50%
Threads
16
8
+50%
Base Frequency
2,500 MHz
3,600 MHz
-30.6%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,500 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
25x
36x
-30.6%
L1 Cache
512 KB
62 KB
+87.8%
L2 Cache
8 MiB
0 MiB
+97%
L3 Cache
11 MiB
8 MiB
+30.6%
Memory Channels
6
--
Maximum Memory
1,024 GB
--
Max Bandwidth
107 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes
48
--
Max CPUs
2
--
TDP (lower is better)
85 W
82 W
3.5% more
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
22 nm
36.4% less

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4215 Xeon E3-1280 v3
Designer Intel Intel
Family Xeon --
Series 4200 --
Model Number 4215 --
Microarchitecture Cascade Lake --
Core Name Cascade Lake SP Haswell-WS
Core Family 6 --
Socket Socket P and LGA-3647 Socket 1150
Package FCLGA-3647 FC-LGA12C
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2400 DDR3, DDR4
ECC Support Yes --
PCIe Revision 3.0 --
PCIe Configuration 1x16, x8, x4 --
Market Segment Server Server/Workstation
Release Price $794.00 --
Locked Multiplier Yes Yes

Designer

Xeon Silver 4215
Intel
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Intel

Family

Xeon Silver 4215
Xeon
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Series

Xeon Silver 4215
4200
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4215
4215
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4215
Cascade Lake
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4215
Cascade Lake SP
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Haswell-WS

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4215
6
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Socket

Xeon Silver 4215
Socket P and LGA-3647
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Socket 1150

Package

Xeon Silver 4215
FCLGA-3647
Xeon E3-1280 v3
FC-LGA12C

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4215
Lewisburg
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4215
DDR4-2400
Xeon E3-1280 v3
DDR3, DDR4

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4215
Yes
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

PCIe Revision

Xeon Silver 4215
3.0
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

PCIe Configuration

Xeon Silver 4215
1x16, x8, x4
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4215
Server
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Server/Workstation

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4215
$794.00
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4215
Yes
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4215 Xeon E3-1280 v3
Process 14 nm 22 nm
Die Area -- 160 mm²
Transistor Count -- 1,400
Manufacturer Intel Intel
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Xeon Silver 4215
14 nm
Xeon E3-1280 v3
22 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4215
--
Xeon E3-1280 v3
160 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4215
--
Xeon E3-1280 v3
1,400

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4215
Intel
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Intel

Technology

Xeon Silver 4215
CMOS
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4215
64-bit
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

ISA

Xeon Silver 4215
x86-64 (x86)
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4215 Xeon E3-1280 v3
ABM
ADX
AES
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
AVX512VNNI
BMI1
BMI2
CLMUL
DL Boost
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA3
FPU
HT
KPT
MBE Ctrl
MMX
NM
NX
PTT
Protected
RdRand
Real
SMM
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSSE3
SST
TBT 2.0
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64