Intel Xeon Silver 4316 vs Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon E7-8894 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 4316

Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4316

Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 79°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 10% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2150 vs 1858

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	84°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 3 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2150 vs 1858

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 20
8 more threads: 48 vs 40
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 60496 vs 53687

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	24 vs 20
Number of threads	48 vs 40
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	60496 vs 53687

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4316
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2150

1858

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

53687

60496

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4316	Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2150	1858
PassMark - CPU mark	53687	60496

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4316	Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q1'17
Launch price (MSRP)	$1002 - $1012
Place in performance rating	410	437
Processor Number	4316	E7-8894V4
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	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	1.25 MB
L2 cache	20 MB
L3 cache	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	84°C	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	20	24
Number of threads	40	48
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		3
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)	150 Watt	165 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® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)