Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 vs Intel Xeon E7-8837

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 and Intel Xeon E7-8837 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

Intel Xeon E7-8837

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 39% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm

Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8837

16x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 256 GB

Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 256 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8837

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2	Intel Xeon E7-8837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	123.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	11.267
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	8619
PassMark - Single thread mark		1073
PassMark - CPU mark		17958

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2	Intel Xeon E7-8837
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Westmere EX
Launch date	10 September 2013	Q2'11
Launch price (MSRP)	$1723
Place in performance rating	1735	1737
Processor Number	E5-1680V2	E7-8837
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.00 GHz	2.66 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	6.4 GT/s QPI
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
L3 cache	25 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	85 °C
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	8
Operating Temperature Range	5°C - 85°C
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Maximum core temperature		69°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	256 GB	4 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	8
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	130 Watt
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability		S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)