Xeon E7-8894 v4 vs W-3175X

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking183not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.44no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency10.02no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date19 December 2018 (6 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$2,999$8,898

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 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 speed3.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0QPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s3 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)6 MB
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature85 °C79 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)255 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 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

Security technologies

Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 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 W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size512 GB3 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4832

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 28 24
Threads 56 48
Power consumption (TDP) 255 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon W-3175X has 16.7% more physical cores and 16.7% more threads.

Xeon E7-8894 v4, on the other hand, has 54.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-3175X and Xeon E7-8894 v4. We've got no test results to judge.


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