Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y vs Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y and Intel Xeon E7-8891 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 81°C vs 79°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 3 TB
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2488 vs 2104
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature 81°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 3 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2488 vs 2104

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 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 48879 vs 36620
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 48879 vs 36620

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2488
2104
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
36620
48879
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2488 2104
PassMark - CPU mark 36620 48879

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Broadwell
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP) $895
Place in performance rating 575 576
Processor Number 5315Y E7-8891V4
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.20 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 81°C 79°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 8 10
Number of threads 16 20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 3

Memory

Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory size 6 TB 3 TB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth 85 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 32
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 2S S8S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

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 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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)