Xeon Silver 4210 vs E7-8870 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	821
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	25.45
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Haswell-EX (2015)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$501
Current price	$4035	$294 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	36	20
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	640 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	10 MB
L3 cache	45 MB (shared)	13.75 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	75 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Instruction Replay	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8870 v3 and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	32	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2015	2 April 2019
Physical cores	18	10
Threads	36	20
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	85 Watt

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