EPYC 8224P vs Xeon E7-4880 v2
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E7-4880 v2 outperforms EPYC 8224P by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 219 | 241 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 30.70 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 22.66 | 17.27 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | no data | Siena (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 1 January 2014 (11 years ago) | 18 September 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $855 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E7-4880 v2 and EPYC 8224P 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 | 15 (Pentadeca-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 30 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.55 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 37.5 MB | 64 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 73 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 73 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 75 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 17,750 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E7-4880 v2 and EPYC 8224P 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 | 4 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | SP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 160 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4880 v2 and EPYC 8224P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E7-4880 v2 and EPYC 8224P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4880 v2 and EPYC 8224P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4880 v2 and EPYC 8224P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 1.5 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 85 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4880 v2 and EPYC 8224P.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 32 | 96 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 27.41 | 25.71 |
| Recency | 1 January 2014 | 18 September 2023 |
| Physical cores | 15 | 24 |
| Threads | 30 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 160 Watt |
Xeon E7-4880 v2 has a 6.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 23.1% lower power consumption.
EPYC 8224P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 60% more physical cores and 60% more threads, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 and AMD EPYC 8224P.
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