Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E7-8880 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripperno data
Power efficiency19.83no data
Architecture codenameChagall PRO (2022)no data
Release date8 March 2022 (2 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads12844
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache256 MB55 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size8x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors33,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 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
SocketWRX8FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E7-8880 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-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 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 Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 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 Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E7-8880 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size2 TiB3 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidth204.8 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E7-8880 v4.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes12832

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2022 1 April 2016
Physical cores 64 22
Threads 128 44
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 150 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX has an age advantage of 5 years, 190.9% more physical cores and 190.9% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon E7-8880 v4, on the other hand, has 86.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E7-8880 v4. We've got no test results to judge.


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