Xeon Silver 4314 vs E7-8880 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated331
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data12.78
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 April 2016 (8 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads4432
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache55 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 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 configuration82
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size3 TB6 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes3264

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2016 6 April 2021
Physical cores 22 16
Threads 44 32
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 135 Watt

Xeon E7-8880 v4 has 37.5% more physical cores and 37.5% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4314, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

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