Intel Xeon Silver 4216 vs Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4216 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 4216

Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4216

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 15
2 more threads: 32 vs 30
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1776 vs 1493

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 15
Number of threads	32 vs 30
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1776 vs 1493

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38263 vs 29123

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	38263 vs 29123

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4216
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1776

1493

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

29123

38263

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4216	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1776	1493
PassMark - CPU mark	29123	38263

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4216	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Ivy Bridge
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q1'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$1002-1012
Place in performance rating	984	985
Processor Number	4216	E7-4880V2
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.50 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	22 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	79 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	16	15
Number of threads	32	30
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		73°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 types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 1066/1333/1600
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		52mm x 45mm
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® 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
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)