Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs E3-1231 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1231 v3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1321	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.36	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Xeon (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	5.25	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)	no data
Release date	11 May 2014 (10 years ago)	1 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$240	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1231 v3 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads	8	44
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	9.6 GT/s
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	55 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	77 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1231 v3 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 configuration	1	8
Socket	FCLGA1150	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1231 v3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
PAE	no data	46 Bit
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1231 v3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1231 v3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1231 v3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	3 TB
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	85 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1231 v3 and Xeon E7-8880 v4.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	32

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 May 2014	1 April 2016
Physical cores	4	22
Threads	8	44
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	150 Watt

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