Ryzen 5 7520U vs Xeon E7-8880 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1116
Place by popularitynot in top-10027
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiencyno data36.53
Architecture codenameno dataMendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release date1 April 2016 (8 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cache55 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 configuration81
SocketFCLGA2011FP6
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR5
Maximum memory size3 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes324

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2016 20 September 2022
Physical cores 22 4
Threads 44 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E7-8880 v4 has 450% more physical cores and 450% more threads.

Ryzen 5 7520U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Ryzen 5 7520U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-8880 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 7520U is a notebook one.


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