Xeon E7-8890 v4: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E7-8890 v4
2016
24 cores / 48 threads, 165 Watt
1.29

Xeon E7-8890 v4 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.29% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E7-8890 v4 sales 20 June 2016 at a recommended price of $7,174. This is a Broadwell architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 24 cores and 48 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 165 Watt. It supports DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E7-8890 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2269
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency0.74of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,174of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.4 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeQPI
Bus rate3 × 9.6 GT/s
L2 cache6 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache60 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Maximum core temperature79 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8890 v4 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8890 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access-
Demand Based Switching-
PAE46 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8890 v4's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size3 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels4of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes32of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E7-8890 v4. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E7-8890 v4 1.29

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E7-8890 v4 2054

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E7-8890 v4's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon L5420 104.65
Xeon X3330 103.1
Xeon E7-8890 v4 100
Xeon X5355 99.22
Xeon E5420 98.45
Xeon E5410 97.67

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E7-8890 v4 is Opteron 3320 EE, which is slower by 6% and lower by 58 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E7-8890 v4:

Opteron 4386 159.69
Xeon E7-8890 v4 100

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