Xeon Gold 6240R vs E7-8894 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	264
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.80
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	no data	12.04
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	no data	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$8,898	$2,200

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	48	48
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	QPI	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	3 × 9.6 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	no data	1.5 MB
L2 cache	6 MB	24 MB
L3 cache	60 MB	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R 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 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R. 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	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R 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 E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R. 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	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	3 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Gold 6240R.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	32	48

Pros & cons summary

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