Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 and Intel Xeon E7-8880 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 Platinum 8156

  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2245 vs 1647
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2245 vs 1647

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

  • 18 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 4
  • 36 more threads: 44 vs 8
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 71°C
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 3 TB vs 768 GB
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 37875 vs 16852
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 22 vs 4
Number of threads 44 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 77°C vs 71°C
Maximum memory size 3 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 37875 vs 16852

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2245
1647
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16852
37875
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2245 1647
PassMark - CPU mark 16852 37875

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Broadwell
Launch date Q3'17 Q2'16
Place in performance rating 954 931
Processor Number 8156 E7-8880V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.60 GHz 2.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 71°C 77°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 4 22
Number of threads 8 44
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 6 4
Maximum memory size 768 GB 3 TB
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 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 150 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 S8S 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 2
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)