Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T and Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 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 4310T

Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 88°C vs 77°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 3 TB
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 1647

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	88°C vs 77°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 3 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089 vs 1647

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

Around 84% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 37875 vs 20607

Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	37875 vs 20607

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

1647

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20607

37875

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	1647
PassMark - CPU mark	20607	37875

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$555
Place in performance rating	1001	997
Processor Number	4310T	E7-8880V4
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB
L2 cache	10 MB
L3 cache	15 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	88°C	77°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of cores		22
Number of QPI Links		3
Number of threads		44
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	3 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		8
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	32
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	S8S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
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	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® 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)