Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
Intel Socket 1150SERVER
2500 MHz / Cores: 18 / Jun 2015
Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
Intel Core i7-7700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
    152%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    200%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
    255%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 155% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 100% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
70 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3Intel Core i7-7700K
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
TSX
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3Intel Core i7-7700K
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Kabylake
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3, DDR4vsDDR4
CodenameHaswell-EXvsKaby Lake
Release DateJun 2015vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3Intel Core i7-7700K
Cores18vs4
Threads36vs8
SMPs8vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3Intel Core i7-7700K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache46080 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3Intel Core i7-7700K
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size160mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3Intel Core i7-7700K
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs4200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP165 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
    2800 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
    60480 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    24192 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (simulated)
    97.97
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    196

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (simulated)
    2485.23
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    972

points - higher is better