Xeon Silver 4314 vs E7-8880 v4
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | 309 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Architecture codename | no data | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
Release date | 1 April 2016 (8 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 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 | 22 (Docosa-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
Threads | 44 | 32 |
Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
Bus rate | 9.6 GT/s | no data |
L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
L3 cache | 55 MB | 24 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 77 °C | no data |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 86 °C |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 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 | FCLGA4189 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 135 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314. 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 | 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 |
Status | Discontinued | Launched |
Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 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 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314 are enumerated here.
VT-d | + | + |
VT-x | + | + |
EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 | DDR4-2667 |
Maximum memory size | 3 TB | 6 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 E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 32 | 64 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 1 April 2016 | 6 April 2021 |
Physical cores | 22 | 16 |
Threads | 44 | 32 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 135 Watt |
Xeon E7-8880 v4 has 37.5% more physical cores and 37.5% more threads.
Xeon Silver 4314, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Xeon Silver 4314. We've got no test results to judge.
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