Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs FX-8120

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Primary details

Comparing FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1382not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency3.14no data
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)no data
Release date12 October 2011 (13 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads844
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache8192 KBno data
L3 cache8192 KB55 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature61 °C77 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.0125 V - Max: 1.4125 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 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 configuration18
SocketAM3+FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
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

FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 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 FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 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 FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. 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 sizeno data3 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 v4.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2011 1 April 2016
Physical cores 8 22
Threads 8 44
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 150 Watt

FX-8120 has 20% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8880 v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 175% more physical cores and 450% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FX-8120 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that FX-8120 is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8880 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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