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.

 

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 922 927
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)