Intel Xeon E7-4870 v3 vs Intel Xeon E7-4880 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Intel Xeon E7-4880 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

Intel Xeon E7-4870 v3

Intel Xeon E7-4880 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4880 v3

Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4870 v3	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EX	Haswell-EX
Launch date	June 2015	June 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	160 mm	160 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	46080 KB (shared)	46080 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	18	18
Transistor count	1400 million	1400 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3, DDR4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	4
Sockets supported	1150	1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	140 Watt
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)