Intel Xeon Silver 4214R vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4214R and Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4214R

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 79°C vs 77°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1983 vs 1787
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 vs June 2015
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature 79°C vs 77°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1983 vs 1787

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 12
  • 12 more threads: 36 vs 24
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34583 vs 29061
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 12
Number of threads 36 vs 24
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 768 KB
L3 cache 46080 KB (shared) vs 16.5 MB
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 34583 vs 29061

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1983
1787
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
29061
34583
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4214R Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1983 1787
PassMark - CPU mark 29061 34583

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4214R Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Haswell
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $694 - $705
Place in performance rating 901 917
Processor Number 4214R E7-8880V3
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16.5 MB 46080 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 79°C 77°C
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 12 18
Number of threads 24 36
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 3
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
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
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 85 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8

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® 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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)

Graphics

Processor graphics None