Xeon Silver 4316 vs E7-8894 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Silver 4316 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	252
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	31.01
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	no data	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$8,898	no data
Current price	$12999 (1.5x MSRP)	$1075

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Silver 4316 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)	20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads	48	40
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus support	3 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	60 MB	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Silver 4316 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)	165 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Silver 4316. 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	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Instruction Replay	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Silver 4316 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 E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Silver 4316 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 Silver 4316. 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 E7-8894 v4 and Xeon Silver 4316.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	32	64

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	24	20
Threads	48	40
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	150 Watt

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