Xeon E7-8870 vs E5-2640 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	942	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.67	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon E7
Power efficiency	8.26	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Westmere-EX (2011)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$939	$4,616

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870 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 cores	10 (Deca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	20	20
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	QPI	QPI
Bus rate	2 × 8 GT/s	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	24	18
L1 cache	no data	640 KB
L2 cache	2.5 MB	2.5 MB
L3 cache	25 MB	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	513 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	69 °C
Number of transistors	3200 Million	2600 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA1567,LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon E7-8870.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	5 April 2011
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	130 Watt

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