Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4 vs Intel Itanium 9750: comparison

Comparison of Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Intel Itanium 9750: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4 has more cores (24 vs 4), more threads (48 vs 8), a lower TDP (165 W vs 170 W) and a finer process node (14 nm vs 32 nm).

At the same time, Intel Itanium 9750 has a higher base clock (2.53 GHz vs 2.4 GHz).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

ParameterIntel Xeon E7-8894 v4Intel Itanium 9750
Cores / threads 24 / 48 4 / 8
Max boost clock 3.4 GHz —
TDP 165 W 170 W
Process 14 nm 32 nm

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter Intel Xeon E7-8894 v4 Intel Itanium 9750
General
Model E7-8894V4 9750
Codename Broadwell Kittson
Segment Server Server
Product line Семейство процессоров Intel Xeon E7 v4 Процессор Intel Itanium серии 9700
Process 14 nm 32 nm
Launch date Q1 2017 Q2 2017
Status Launched Discontinued
Servicing status End of Servicing Updates End of Servicing Updates
End of servicing updates 06/30/2022 —
Embedded options available No No
CPU
Cores 24 4
Threads 48 8
Multithreading (SMT/HT) Yes Yes
Base clock 2.4 GHz 2.53 GHz
Max boost clock 3.4 GHz —
Turbo Boost 2.0 frequency 3.4 GHz —
Cache (level unspecified) 60 MB 32 MB
Bus speed 9.6 GT/s 6.4 GT/s
TDP 165 W 170 W
Turbo Boost Yes (2) Yes (2)
64-bit support Yes —
Instruction set width 64 bit —
Instruction set extensions AVX2 —
QPI links 3 —
Memory
Max memory size 3 TB —
Memory types DDR4, DDR3 —
Memory channels 4 —
Max memory bandwidth 85 GB/s —
ECC memory supported Yes Yes
Physical address extensions 46-bit —
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 —
PCI Express lanes 32 —
PCI Express configurations x4, x8, x16 —
Scalability S8S —
Package and thermal
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 LGA1248
Max CPU configuration 8 —
Package size 45mm x 52.5mm —
TJUNCTION — 95 °C
TCASE 79 °C —
Security and virtualization
Virtualization (VT-x / AMD-V) Yes Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Yes Yes
Extended Page Tables (EPT) Yes Yes
AES-NI Yes —
Execute Disable Bit Yes Yes
Intel Trusted Execution Technology Yes —
Secure Key Yes —
Intel OS Guard Yes —
vPro Eligibility Intel vPro Platform —
Technologies
Enhanced SpeedStep Yes Yes
Idle States Yes —
Thermal Monitoring Technologies Yes —
Transactional Synchronization Extensions Yes —
Flex Memory Access No —

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