Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 6
30 more threads: 36 vs 6
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 70.9°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
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22737 vs 8554

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 6
Number of threads	36 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 70.9°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 8554

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1110 vs 757

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1110 vs 757

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

757

1110

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22737

8554

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	757	1110
PassMark - CPU mark	22737	8554
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2216
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		32.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		31.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.42

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'16	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1814	1791
Processor Number	E7-8860V4	E5-2609V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	1.90 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	70.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	18	6
Number of QPI Links	3	2
Number of threads	36	6
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	51 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 TB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR4 1600
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	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	85 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
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® AVX2
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® 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)