Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs Platinum 8260

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking308not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.01no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency10.95no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)no data
Release date11 December 2018 (6 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,702no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads4844
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache35.75 MB (shared)55 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C77 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)8
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size1 TB3 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8260 and Xeon E7-8880 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4832

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 1 April 2016
Physical cores 24 22
Threads 48 44
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8260 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 9.1% more physical cores and 9.1% more threads.

Xeon E7-8880 v4, on the other hand, has 10% lower power consumption.

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