Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking497not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.60no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripperno data
Power efficiency7.64no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)no data
Release date10 August 2017 (7 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads2444
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s9.6 GT/s
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache32 MB55 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors9,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 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
SocketSP3r2FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 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-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 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 Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 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 Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Quad-channelDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size2 TiB3 TB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes6032

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 August 2017 1 April 2016
Physical cores 12 22
Threads 24 44
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 150 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has an age advantage of 1 year.

Xeon E7-8880 v4, on the other hand, has 83.3% more physical cores and 83.3% more threads, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E7-8880 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8880 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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