Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4 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.

Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1715 vs 1630

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1715 vs 1630

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 10
8 more threads: 28 vs 20
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 80 vs 79°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25851 vs 21615

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 10
Number of threads	28 vs 20
Maximum core temperature	80 vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	25851 vs 21615

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1715

1630

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

21615

25851

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1715	1630
PassMark - CPU mark	21615	25851

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'15	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	1136	1125
Processor Number	E7-8891V3	E5-4650V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.80 GHz	2.20 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79°C	80
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	10	14
Number of QPI Links	3	2
Number of threads	20	28
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	4
Package Size	52mm x 45mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	105 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	4S
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® 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® Flex Memory Access
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)