Intel Xeon Silver 4208 vs Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4208 and Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3 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 Silver 4208

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1764 vs 1715
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1764 vs 1715

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21615 vs 18744
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 21615 vs 18744

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1764
1715
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18744
21615
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1764 1715
PassMark - CPU mark 18744 21615

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Haswell
Family Xeon Silver
Launch date 2 April 2019 Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP) $417
Place in performance rating 1161 1140
Processor Number 4208 E7-8891V3
Series 4200 Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 11 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 78 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 8 10
Number of threads 16 20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
Unlocked
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 79°C
Number of QPI Links 3

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s 85 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8
Package Size 52mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 2S S8S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
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)