Xeon E7-8894 v4 vs Ryzen 5 2500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1089not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Xeon E7
Power efficiency8.68no data
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date10 September 2018 (6 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$8,898

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads848
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s3 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB6 MB
L3 cache8 MB60 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data46 Bit
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size64 GB3 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2032

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 24
Threads 8 48
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 165 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500X has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 153.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8894 v4, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500X and Xeon E7-8894 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 2500X is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8894 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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