Intel Xeon Gold 6312U vs Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6312U and Intel Xeon E7-8894 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6312U

Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6312U

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 80°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 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2349 vs 1858

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	80°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 3 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2349 vs 1858

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 60496 vs 42329

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	60496 vs 42329

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2349

1858

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

42329

60496

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6312U	Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2349	1858
PassMark - CPU mark	42329	60496

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6312U	Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q1'17
Launch price (MSRP)	$1450
Place in performance rating	616	626
Processor Number	6312U	E7-8894V4
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	1.5 MB
L2 cache	24 MB
L3 cache	36 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	80°C	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3.40 GHz
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of cores		24
Number of QPI Links		3
Number of threads		48
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	3 TB
Supported memory frequency	3200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	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)	185 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	1S Only	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® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)