Intel Xeon E7-8891 v3: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Xeon E7-8891 v3 sales 1 June 2015. This is a Haswell-EX architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 10 cores and 20 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 165 Watt and a maximum temperature of 79 °C. It supports DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 14.07% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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General info

Xeon E7-8891 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking453
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money25.80
Market segmentServer
Architecture codenameHaswell-EX (2015)
Release date1 June 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$199 of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)
Threads20
Base clock speed2.8 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.5 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache256K (per core)of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache45 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size160 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)79 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,400 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8891 v3 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration8
SocketFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8891 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
PAE46 Bit
Instruction Replay-
StatusLaunched

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8891 v3's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum memory size1.5 TBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels4of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes32of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E7-8891 v3. Overall benchmark performance 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 E7-8891 v3 14.07

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

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Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Xeon E7-8891 v3 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.


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