Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 15 vs 12
6 more threads: 30 vs 24

Number of cores	15 vs 12
Number of threads	30 vs 24
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7451
PassMark - Single thread mark		1610
PassMark - CPU mark		39311

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Ivy Bridge
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Place in performance rating	921	925
Processor Number	E5-2678 v3	E7-4880V2
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q1'14
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2500 MHz	2.50 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	8 GT/s QPI
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Number of cores	12	15
Number of threads	24	30
Maximum core temperature		73°C
Maximum frequency		3.10 GHz
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)