Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3 vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3 and Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3

Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 165 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark		1787
PassMark - CPU mark		34583

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EX	Haswell
Launch date	June 2015	June 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	917
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E7-8880V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status		Launched
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	2.5 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	18	18
Transistor count	1400 million	1400 million
Base frequency		2.30 GHz
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		77°C
Number of QPI Links		3
Number of threads		36
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	8
Sockets supported	1150	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52mm x 45mm
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost 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)
Graphics
Processor graphics		None
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		32
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		S8S