Sodaville vs Xeon E7-8860

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8860 and Sodaville processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	Bonnell (2007−2010)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	20 August 2008 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,061	no data
Current price	$99 (0x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8860 and Sodaville 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	10 (Deca-Core)	no data
Threads	20	no data
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	no data
Bus support	6.4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm0.045 μm 4.5e-5 mm
Die size	513 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8860 and Sodaville 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	8	no data
Socket	FCLGA1567,LGA1567	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8860 and Sodaville. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8860 and Sodaville technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8860 and Sodaville are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8860 and Sodaville. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	4 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	20 August 2008
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

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