Xeon Bronze 3508U vs E7-4890 v2
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E7-4890 v2 outperforms Xeon Bronze 3508U by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 343 | 1118 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 11.97 | 5.38 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Release date | 1 January 2014 (11 years ago) | 1 October 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E7-4890 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 30 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | no data |
| L3 cache | 37.5 MB | 22.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 77 °C | 83 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E7-4890 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 155 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4890 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E7-4890 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4890 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4890 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | 1.5 TB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 4 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 85 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4890 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3508U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4 |
| PCI Express lanes | 32 | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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 | 19.25 | 6.98 |
| Recency | 1 January 2014 | 1 October 2023 |
| Physical cores | 15 | 8 |
| Threads | 30 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 155 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon E7-4890 v2 has a 175.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 87.5% more physical cores and 275% more threads.
Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 24% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U in performance tests.
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