Xeon E7-8890 v4 vs Opteron 842

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 842 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2269
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiencyno data0.74
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release dateJune 2003 (21 year ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,174

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Opteron 842 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 cores1 (Single-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads148
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data3 × 9.6 GT/s
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB6 MB
L3 cache0 KB60 MB
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size193 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistors106 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 842 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 configuration88 (Multiprocessor)
Socket940FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 842 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. 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-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Opteron 842 and Xeon E7-8890 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 Opteron 842 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 842 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-1333, 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 Opteron 842 and Xeon E7-8890 v4.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 24
Threads 1 48
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 165 Watt

Opteron 842 has 94.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8890 v4, on the other hand, has 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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