Intel Xeon Silver 4310T 10c/20t 2.3GHz-3.4GHz 105W (CD8068904659001)

Intel Xeon Silver 4310T — Efficient 10-Core Ice Lake CPU for Compact Enterprise Servers

The Intel Xeon Silver 4310T is a 10-core, 20-thread Ice Lake server CPU designed for scenarios where predictable performance per watt and memory bandwidth are more important than extreme core counts. It targets compact dual-socket servers, branch-office infrastructure and mid-sized virtualization clusters, where consolidation, stability and total cost of ownership play a central role.

Compared to the previous Cascade Lake generation, the 4310T benefits from the Ice Lake-SP platform and Sunny Cove cores. That means higher IPC, improved branch prediction and a more efficient memory subsystem. In practice, workloads such as virtualized business applications, light to medium SQL/NoSQL databases, web backends and application servers see a tangible uplift at the same or even lower power envelope. With a base frequency of 2.3 GHz and turbo up to 3.4 GHz, the CPU avoids aggressive throttling in realistic datacenter conditions, which is critical for consistent API latency and user-facing services.

One of the key strengths of the Xeon Silver 4310T is its memory configuration. It supports eight channels of DDR4 memory and up to 6 TB per socket on compatible platforms. That makes the processor suitable for scenarios where the working set lives mostly in RAM: in-memory caching layers, reporting databases, BI tools or microservice architectures with many containers sharing the same node. Even though this is a Silver SKU, the memory subsystem is identical in topology to higher Gold models, so you are not forced to trade memory bandwidth for budget constraints.

PCIe 4.0 support is another important aspect. With up to 64 lanes exposed by the platform, the 4310T allows you to integrate fast NVMe storage, modern network adapters (25/40/100GbE) and accelerator cards without saturating the I/O fabric. For many companies, this is a practical way to modernize a rack: keep the form factor and power budget modest, but attach fast storage and networking to match contemporary expectations on throughput and resilience.

In a typical deployment, the Xeon Silver 4310T works well as a node in a small or mid-sized VMware, Proxmox or Hyper-V cluster, as a backend for ERP/CRM systems, as a compact analytics server for branch offices, or as a general-purpose compute node in hybrid environments where workloads are partially on-prem and partially in the cloud. It is not meant to replace high-density HPC or AI training nodes, but fits very well where reliability, predictable behaviour and manageable thermals matter more than absolute top-end performance.

From a planning perspective, this CPU is suitable for organizations that want to standardize on the Ice Lake ecosystem, use PCIe 4.0 storage and networking, but do not yet need 24–32 cores per socket. It provides a sensible entry point into the platform with a clear path to future upgrades: higher Gold SKUs with more cores can be introduced later into the same rack, while Silver-based nodes continue to serve less demanding roles.