Xeon E7-8890 v4 vs Platinum 8276

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2284
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiencyno data0.74
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date11 December 2018 (6 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,719$7,174

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads5648
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data3 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)6 MB
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature89 °C79 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 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)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size1 TB3 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon E7-8890 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4832

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 20 June 2016
Physical cores 28 24
Threads 56 48

Xeon Platinum 8276 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 16.7% more physical cores and 16.7% more threads.

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