Intel Xeon Gold 5118 vs Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5118 and Intel Xeon E7-8890 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Gold 5118

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5118

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 81°C vs 79°C
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 165 Watt

Maximum core temperature	81°C vs 79°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 12
24 more threads: 48 vs 24
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
4x more maximum memory size: 3 TB vs 768 GB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2175 vs 1718
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 69143 vs 25681

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	24 vs 12
Number of threads	48 vs 24
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum memory size	3 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2175 vs 1718
PassMark - CPU mark	69143 vs 25681

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5118
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1718

2175

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

25681

69143

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5118	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1718	2175
PassMark - CPU mark	25681	69143
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3430
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	22700

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5118	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Broadwell
Launch date	Q3'17	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	265	255
Processor Number	5118	E7-8890V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	81°C	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	12	24
Number of threads	24	48
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	3 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	165 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		8
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	S4S	S8S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)