Xeon Gold 6426Y vs E7-8867 v3
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6426Y outperforms Xeon E7-8867 v3 by a minimal 3% 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 | 322 | 312 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 13.51 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 13.60 | 12.48 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EX (2015) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 1 June 2015 (10 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,517 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E7-8867 v3 and Xeon Gold 6426Y 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 32 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 9.6 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 45 MB (shared) | 37.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 79 °C | 80 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E7-8867 v3 and Xeon Gold 6426Y 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 | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 185 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8867 v3 and Xeon Gold 6426Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E7-8867 v3 and Xeon Gold 6426Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8867 v3 and Xeon Gold 6426Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8867 v3 and Xeon Gold 6426Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600 | DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 |
| 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 E7-8867 v3 and Xeon Gold 6426Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 32 | 80 |
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 | 20.92 | 21.51 |
| Recency | 1 June 2015 | 10 January 2023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 185 Watt |
Xeon E7-8867 v3 has 12.1% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6426Y, on the other hand, has a 2.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 years.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3 and Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y.
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