Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs E5-2673 V3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2673 V3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking862not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency8.08no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)no data
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2673 V3 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 speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache30 MB (shared)55 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2673 V3 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 configuration28
Socket2011-3FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 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+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2673 V3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channelDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data3 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4032

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 1 April 2016
Physical cores 12 22
Threads 24 44
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E5-2673 V3 has 42.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8880 v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 83.3% more physical cores and 83.3% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

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