Xeon E7-8893 v2 vs E3-1241 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1323not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.02no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency5.31no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-WS (2013−2014)no data
Release date11 May 2014 (10 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$273no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)37.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2 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
SocketFCLGA1150FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt155 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
PAEno data46 Bit
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2 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 E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size32 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1632

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2014 1 January 2014
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 155 Watt

Xeon E3-1241 v3 has an age advantage of 4 months, and 93.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8893 v2, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1241 v3 and Xeon E7-8893 v2. We've got no test results to judge.


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