Xeon Gold 6328HL vs E7-8880L v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	no data	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL 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	15 (Pentadeca-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	30	32
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	37.5 MB	22 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL 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	4
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	4.5 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8880L v2 and Xeon Gold 6328HL.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	32	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2014	6 April 2021
Physical cores	15	16
Threads	30	32
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	165 Watt

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