Xeon E7-8890 v4 vs W-3235
Aggregate performance score
Xeon W-3235 outperforms Xeon E7-8890 v4 by a whopping 1146% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 541 | 2543 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.30 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon W | Intel Xeon E7 |
| Power efficiency | 3.42 | 0.30 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Broadwell (2015−2019) |
| Release date | 3 June 2019 (6 years ago) | 20 June 2016 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,398 | $7,174 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 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 cores | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | QPI |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 3 × 9.6 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 33 | no data |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | 19.25 MB | 60 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 72 °C | 79 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 8 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® AVX2 |
| 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 | no data | 46 Bit |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 3 TB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | 85 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon E7-8890 v4.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 32 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 14.45 | 1.16 |
| Recency | 3 June 2019 | 20 June 2016 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 24 |
| Threads | 24 | 48 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 165 Watt |
Xeon W-3235 has a 1145.7% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.
Xeon E7-8890 v4, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 9.1% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon W-3235 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 in performance tests.
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