Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

  • 14 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 4
  • 32 more threads: 36 vs 4
  • Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 71°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 3 TB vs 768 GB
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22737 vs 6844
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 4
Number of threads 36 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature 75°C vs 71°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 3 TB vs 768 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 22737 vs 6844

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1383 vs 757
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1383 vs 757

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
757
1383
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22737
6844
Name Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 757 1383
PassMark - CPU mark 22737 6844
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.253

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date Q2'16 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1820 1839
Processor Number E7-8860V4 E5-2609V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $396
Price now $509.95
Value for money (0-100) 2.97

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.50 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 75°C 71°C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 2.50 GHz
Number of cores 18 4
Number of QPI Links 3 2
Number of threads 36 4
Die size 160 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared)
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 85 GB/s 42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 3 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 80 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 32 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 x4, x8, x16
Scalability S8S 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2 Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
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® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)