Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4

  • Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2229 vs 1110
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2229 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
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25895 vs 7389
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 4
Number of threads 20 vs 8
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 25895 vs 7389

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2229
1110
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7389
25895
Name Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark 2229 1110
PassMark - CPU mark 7389 25895
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 862
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3659

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 Intel Xeon E7-8870

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Westmere EX
Launch date Q2'16 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1464 1439
Processor Number E5-1620V4 E7-8870
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.50 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 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)
Transistor count 2600 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400 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 45mm x 52.5mm 49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 130 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only S8S

Security & Reliability

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® AVX2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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)