Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1739 vs 1110
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1739 vs 1110

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 20 vs 8
  • 128x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 32 GB
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25895 vs 5655
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 4
Number of threads 20 vs 8
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 32 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 25895 vs 5655

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1739
1110
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5655
25895
Name Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark 1739 1110
PassMark - CPU mark 5655 25895

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 Intel Xeon E7-8870

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Westmere EX
Launch date Q2'14 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1436 1439
Processor Number E3-1240LV3 E7-8870
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 4 10
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 20
Die size 513 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 30720 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 69°C
Transistor count 2600 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 8
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 130 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability 1S Only S8S

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)