Intel Xeon Gold 5217 vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5217 and Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5217

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 79°C vs 77°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 78% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 1787
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs June 2015
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature 79°C vs 77°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2089 vs 1787

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 36 vs 16
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34583 vs 25455
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
L3 cache 46080 KB (shared) vs 11 MB
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 34583 vs 25455

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5217
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2089
1787
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25455
34583
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5217 Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2089 1787
PassMark - CPU mark 25455 34583

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5217 Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Haswell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $1522
Place in performance rating 900 917
Processor Number 5217 E7-8880V3
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.00 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 11 MB 46080 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 79°C 77°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 8 18
Number of threads 16 36
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 3
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 85 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 4S 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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)

Graphics

Processor graphics None