Xeon Gold 5220R vs E7-8880 v3

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E7-8880 v3
2015
18 cores / 36 threads, 150 Watt
11.49
Xeon Gold 5220R
2020
24 cores / 48 threads, 150 Watt
20.63
+79.5%

Xeon Gold 5220R outperforms Xeon E7-8880 v3 by an impressive 80% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking677265
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data26.27
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency7.7713.02
Architecture codenameHaswell-EX (2015)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date1 June 2015 (9 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,555

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3648
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.5 MB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)24 MB
L3 cache45 MB (shared)35.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature77 °C86 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R 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 configuration8no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R 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 E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size1.5 TB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8880 v3 and Xeon Gold 5220R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes3248

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E7-8880 v3 11.49
Xeon Gold 5220R 20.63
+79.5%

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.

Xeon E7-8880 v3 18244
Xeon Gold 5220R 32765
+79.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.49 20.63
Recency 1 June 2015 24 February 2020
Physical cores 18 24
Threads 36 48
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm

Xeon Gold 5220R has a 79.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5220R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E7-8880 v3 in performance tests.


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