Intel Xeon Gold 5120T vs Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5120T and Intel Xeon E7-8891 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5120T

Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5120T

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 10
8 more threads: 28 vs 20
Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 89°C 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 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1849 vs 1715

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 10
Number of threads	28 vs 20
Maximum core temperature	89°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1849 vs 1715

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
2x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21615 vs 18127

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	21615 vs 18127

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5120T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1849

1715

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18127

21615

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5120T	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1849	1715
PassMark - CPU mark	18127	21615

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5120T	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'17	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	1129	1140
Processor Number	5120T	E7-8891V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	89°C	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	14	10
Number of threads	28	20
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	1.5 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	52mm x 45mm
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® 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)