Xeon Platinum 8175 vs E7-8880 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	687	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	7.77	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EX (2015)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	36	48
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	25
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	1.5 MB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	24 MB
L3 cache	45 MB (shared)	33 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175 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	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175 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 E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8175.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	32	48

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	18	24
Threads	36	48
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm

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