Intel Core i7-10700F vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E7
• Generation
  10 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Xeon E7 v2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-9700F --
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-11700F --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.90 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 15
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.80 GHz 3.10 GHz
• CPU Threads
  16 30
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 and Intel Core i7-10700F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10700F and Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 130 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10700F and Intel Core i7-10700F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 38.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Ivy Bridge EX
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 2011
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2014