Intel Xeon Silver 4215R vs Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4215R and Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 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 Silver 4215R

Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4215R

Around 29% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 79°C vs 73°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1945 vs 1493

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature	79°C vs 73°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1945 vs 1493

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

7 more cores, run more applications at once: 15 vs 8
14 more threads: 30 vs 16
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38263 vs 24102

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	15 vs 8
Number of threads	30 vs 16
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	38263 vs 24102

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1945

1493

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

24102

38263

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4215R	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1945	1493
PassMark - CPU mark	24102	38263

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4215R	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Ivy Bridge
Launch date	24 Feb 2020	Q1'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$794
Place in performance rating	984	987
Processor Number	4215R	E7-4880V2
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	3.20 GHz	2.50 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	79°C	73°C
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	15
Number of threads	16	30
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 1066/1333/1600
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)	130 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	S4S
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® AVX
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® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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)