Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2697 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.

Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 79°C vs 76.7°C
2x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 768 GB

Maximum core temperature	79°C vs 76.7°C
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 10
8 more threads: 28 vs 20
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1932 vs 1715
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26882 vs 21615

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 10
Number of threads	28 vs 20
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1932 vs 1715
PassMark - CPU mark	26882 vs 21615

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1715

1932

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

21615

26882

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1715	1932
PassMark - CPU mark	21615	26882
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		797
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9536

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'15	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1140	1141
Processor Number	E7-8891V3	E5-2697V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.80 GHz	2.60 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	79°C	76.7°C
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	10	14
Number of QPI Links	3	2
Number of threads	20	28
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	2
Package Size	52mm x 45mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	145 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)