Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs Intel Xeon W3570

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Intel Xeon W3570 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.

Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

Intel Xeon W3570

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

18 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 4
36 more threads: 44 vs 8
Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 67.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 3 TB vs 24 GB
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1647 vs 1466
11.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 37875 vs 3267

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	22 vs 4
Number of threads	44 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	77°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Maximum memory size	3 TB vs 24 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1647 vs 1466
PassMark - CPU mark	37875 vs 3267

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3570

Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3570

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1647

1466

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

37875

3267

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4	Intel Xeon W3570
PassMark - Single thread mark	1647	1466
PassMark - CPU mark	37875	3267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2760
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9206

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4	Intel Xeon W3570
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Bloomfield
Launch date	Q2'16	March 2009
Place in performance rating	997	995
Processor Number	E7-8880V4	W3570
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$480
Price now		$479.95
Value for money (0-100)		3.73
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	3.20 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	22	4
Number of QPI Links	3	1
Number of threads	44	8
Die size		263 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Transistor count		731 million
VID voltage range		0.800V-1.375V
Memory
Max memory channels	4	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	32 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 TB	24 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	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm	42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	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® SSE4.2
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	36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)