Xeon Platinum 8558P vs E7-8890 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2284not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E7no data
Power efficiency0.74no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,174$6,759

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads4896
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate3 × 9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache60 MB260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® 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+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size3 TB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8890 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8558P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes3280

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 14 December 2023
Physical cores 24 48
Threads 48 96
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon E7-8890 v4 has 112.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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