Xeon E7-8860 vs Silver 4114

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	841	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.63	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon E7
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Westmere-EX (2011)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$694	$4,061
Current price	$70 (0.1x MSRP)	$99 (0x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860 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	10 (Deca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	20	20
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.67 GHz
Bus support	no data	6.4 GT/s
L1 cache	640 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	13.75 MB	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	513 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	69 °C
Number of transistors	no data	2,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	8
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1567,LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Xeon E7-8860.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	3 April 2011
Cost	$694	$4061
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	130 Watt

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