Xeon E7-4830 vs Platinum 8256

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	741	617
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.68	3.24
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	Intel Xeon E7
Power efficiency	9.53	11.34
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-SP (2018)	Westmere-EX (2011)
Release date	11 December 2018 (6 years ago)	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,007	$2,059

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E7-4830 has 93% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8256.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830 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	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus type	no data	QPI
Bus rate	no data	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	38	16
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	513 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	64 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	2,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830 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 (Multiprocessor)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size	1 TB	2 TB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon E7-4830.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	10.57	12.58
Recency	11 December 2018	3 April 2011
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm

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