Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2640 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 74.3°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1751 vs 1110
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature 74.3°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1751 vs 1110

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25895 vs 17496
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 25895 vs 17496

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1751
1110
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17496
25895
Name Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark 1751 1110
PassMark - CPU mark 17496 25895
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 750
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5657

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E7-8870

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Westmere EX
Launch date Q3'14 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1465 1439
Processor Number E5-2640V3 E7-8870
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.60 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 74.3°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 10
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 16 20
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V
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 59 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866 DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 8
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm 49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt 130 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S 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)