Xeon E7-8895 v3 vs X7550

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1236not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.61no data
Release date1 January 2010 (14 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 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 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
L3 cache18 MB L3 Cache45 MB Last Level Cache
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Maximum core temperature69 °C77 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 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 configurationno data8
SocketFCLGA1567no data
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 v3 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data102 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X7550 and Xeon E7-8895 v3.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2010 1 April 2015
Physical cores 8 18
Threads 16 36
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 175 Watt

Xeon X7550 has 34.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8895 v3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 125% more physical cores and 125% more threads, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.

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