Haswell-E vs. Haswell-EP

[Aznboy1993]

Is there any advantage to buying a Xeon as opposed to a Core i7? Are the enterprise cores much different than the consumer ones?

 

[Arachnotronic]

Same exact cores. Only difference is that -EP comes in a broader set of core counts/clock configurations and can be used in multiprocessor configurations.

 

[Edrick]

Same exact cores. Only difference is that -EP comes in a broader set of core counts/clock configurations and can be used in multiprocessor configurations.

And can use ECC RAM.

 

[jhu]

And can use ECC RAM.

Some (all?) also have RAS features.

 

[Edrick]

Some (all?) also have RAS features.

I thought only the EX has that.

 

[jhu]

I thought only the EX has that.

I think you're right.