Xeon E7-8890 v2 vs E5-2690 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking761not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency7.15no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)no data
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 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)15 (Pentadeca-Core)
Threads2430
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache30 MB (shared)37.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C77 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 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
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt155 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bit46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size768 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 v3 and Xeon E7-8890 v2.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4032

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 1 January 2014
Physical cores 12 15
Threads 24 30
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 155 Watt

Xeon E5-2690 v3 has an age advantage of 8 months, and 14.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8890 v2, on the other hand, has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads.

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