Intel Xeon E5-4667 v4 vs Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4667 v4 and Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-4667 v4

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4667 v4

Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 87 vs 79°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 53402 vs 51476

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	87 vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	53402 vs 51476

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1634 vs 1584

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1634 vs 1584

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4667 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1584

1634

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

53402

51476

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4667 v4	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1584	1634
PassMark - CPU mark	53402	51476

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4667 v4	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'16	June 2015
Place in performance rating	733	736
Processor Number	E5-4667V4	E7-8890V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.50 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	87	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	18	18
Number of QPI Links	2	3
Number of threads	36	36
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		46080 KB (shared)
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	8
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm	52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt	165 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S	S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics
Processor graphics		None