Xeon E7-8895 v3 vs E3-1270 v5

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1191not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.35no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency6.21no data
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)no data
Release date19 October 2015 (9 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$339no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 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)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads836
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s9.6 GT/s
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)45 MB Last Level Cache
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors1,750 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 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
SocketFCLGA1151no data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size64 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s102 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon E7-8895 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1632

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2015 1 April 2015
Physical cores 4 18
Threads 8 36
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 175 Watt

Xeon E3-1270 v5 has an age advantage of 6 months, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 118.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8895 v3, on the other hand, has 350% more physical cores and 350% more threads.

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