Xeon E7-8895 v3 vs A8-7680

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Primary details

Comparing A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1834not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.78no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD A8no data
Power efficiency4.71no data
Architecture codenameExcavator (2017−2018)no data
Release date26 October 2018 (6 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$56no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads436
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cacheno data45 MB Last Level Cache
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 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 configuration18
SocketFM2+no data
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size64 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidth14.936 GB/s102 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R7 Seriesno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2018 1 April 2015
Physical cores 4 18
Threads 4 36
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 175 Watt

A8-7680 has an age advantage of 3 years, and 288.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8895 v3, on the other hand, has 350% more physical cores and 800% more threads, and a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A8-7680 and Xeon E7-8895 v3. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A8-7680 is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8895 v3 is a server/workstation one.


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