Xeon W-3323 vs E7-8850

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	362
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Power efficiency	no data	7.50
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	Ice Lake-W (2021)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	29 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,059	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	20	24
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	8 GT/s
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB (shared)	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	513 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	84 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	LGA1567	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	4 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon W-3323.

PCIe version	no data	4
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	29 July 2021
Physical cores	10	12
Threads	20	24
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	220 Watt

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