Intel Core i7-4790S vs Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 Intel Xeon E7 v2
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E7
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 15
• CPU Threads
  8 30
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (15 Cores)
  - 2.9 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  20 -
• Generation
  7.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 -
• Shader
  160 -
• Technology
  22 nm -

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 and Intel Core i7-4790S. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4790S and Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 130 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-4790S and Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Ivy Bridge EX
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 30 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q1/2014
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 2011
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d