Xeon E7-8890 v3 vs Silver 4110

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1059not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.82no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency7.17no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$501no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads1636
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data160 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °C79 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)8
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3. 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++
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

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 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 Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon E7-8890 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4832

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 1 June 2015
Physical cores 8 18
Threads 16 36
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Silver 4110 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 94.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8890 v3, on the other hand, has 125% more physical cores and 125% more threads.

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