Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2630L 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 79°C vs 60.4°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
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2104 vs 1620
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 48879 vs 14654
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature 79°C vs 60.4°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 - Single thread mark 2104 vs 1620
PassMark - CPU mark 48879 vs 14654

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 165 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2104
1620
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
48879
14654
Name Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2104 1620
PassMark - CPU mark 48879 14654
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16710

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Haswell
Launch date Q2'16 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 576 562
Processor Number E7-8891V4 E5-2630LV3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.80 GHz 1.80 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 79°C 60.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 10 8
Number of QPI Links 3 2
Number of threads 20 16
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 85 GB/s 59 GB/s
Maximum memory size 3 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600 DDR4 1600/1866

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) 165 Watt 55 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)