Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3
Intel Socket 1150SERVER
2500 MHz / Cores: 18 / Jun 2015
Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2680
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2680

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2680

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Xeon E5-2680

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2680

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3Intel Xeon E5-2680
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
ECC
HTT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
x8 SDDC
vPro
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
Hyper-Threading
8.0GT/s QPI

Architecture

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3Intel Xeon E5-2680
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3, DDR4vsDDR3
CodenameHaswell-EXvsSandy Bridge-EP
Release DateJun 2015vsMar 2012

Cores

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3Intel Xeon E5-2680
Cores18vs8
Threads36vs16
SMPs4vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3Intel Xeon E5-2680
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache46080 KB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3Intel Xeon E5-2680
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA10
Die Size160mm²vs435mm²
Process22 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3Intel Xeon E5-2680
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.35 V
TDP165 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3
    2800 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680
    3500 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E7-4890 v3
    60480 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680
    25920 points

Points - higher is better