Xeon Gold 5315Y vs E7-2880 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated565
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data8.86
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 January 2014 (10 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y 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 cores15 (Pentadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3016
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache37.5 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1.5 TB6 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-2880 v2 and Xeon Gold 5315Y.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes3264

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2014 6 April 2021
Physical cores 15 8
Threads 30 16
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 140 Watt

Xeon E7-2880 v2 has 87.5% more physical cores and 87.5% more threads, and 7.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5315Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

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