Intel Xeon E3 1290 vs Intel Xeon E7 8880 v3

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Intel Xeon E3-1290

Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8880 v3 with 18 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 150W)

Intel Xeon E7 8880 v3 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1290 +63%

833

Intel Xeon E7 8880 v3

508

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1290 +316%

2870

Intel Xeon E7 8880 v3

689

Intel Xeon E3 1290

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Intel Xeon E7 8880 v3

General Parameters

May 2011

Release Date

Jun 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge

Core Architecture

Haswell-EX

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Generation

Xeon E7 (Haswell-EX)

Package

1.16 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

150 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

77 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

216 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

18

8

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

23.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

45 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

2

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

16

PCIe Lanes

32

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