Xeon E7-4880 v3 vs E5-2450 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1144not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency5.67no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EN (2013−2014)Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads1636
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size160 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature80 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 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 configuration24
SocketFCLGA13561150
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 v3 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes24no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 1 June 2015
Physical cores 8 18
Threads 16 36
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 140 Watt

Xeon E5-2450 v2 has 47.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-4880 v3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 125% more physical cores and 125% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2450 v2 and Xeon E7-4880 v3. We've got no test results to judge.


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