Intel Second Generation Xeon Scalable Processor: Performance Per Cost Analyzation with PC-E Scores

Users familiar with the letters on the first generation Xeon Scalable will notice one missing: F. F was Intel’s letter for SKUs with added Omni Path Fabric on package. Intel stated it will not be making fabric processors for this new generation, which perhaps goes to show you how popular it was.

As we know that Intel has four main segments in their first Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family. 

• Xeon Platinum product segments,
• Xeon Gold product segments,
• Xeon Silver product segments,
• Xeon Bronze product segments.

Second Generation Xeon Scalable processors have six main segments

• Two Xeon Platinum product segments
• Two Xeon Gold product segments
• Xeon Silver product segments,
• Xeon Bronze product segments

To deliver an average of 1.36 times higher performance 1.42 times better performance-per-cost by adding more cores, increasing cache sizes, or by boosting processor frequency.

Name R Suffix for dual-socket mainstream server systems

Name T suffix for single-socket mainstream server systems

Name U suffix for entry-level server systems

Processor capacity is upgraded where Workloads such as virtualized clouds, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is critical.

 

Below table list is for customers to provide demanding mainstream data center, multi-cloud compute, and network and storage workloads:

Intel previously announced its intention to build a new high-performance, high-density compute platform.

1. Platinum Processors

	2nd Generation Platinum Processors	1st Generation Platinum Processors
Channel	6-Channel DDR4 @ 2933 MT/s	6-Channel 1DPC DDR4 @ 2666 MT/s
Ram	6TB max RAM (larger than 2TB memory per socket on select SKUs)	768 GB max memory capacity (1.5 TB on select skus)
Sockets	2 and 4 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI, 2S – 3UPI, 4S – 3UPI @ 10.4 GT/s	2 and 4 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI, 4S – 3UPI, 8S – 3UPI @ 10.4 GT/s
Intel Technology	Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel AVX-512 (2x 512-bit FMA)	Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel AVX-512 (2x 512-bit FMA)
RAS	48 lanes PCIe 3.0, advanced RAS	48 lanes PCIe 3.0, advanced RAS

 

Intel Xeon Models	CPU Frequency	Cores	L3 Cache	Power	UPI	DDR4	Memory per socket
Platinum 8280 Processor	2.7 GHz	28	38.50 MB	205W	3 @ 10.4 GT/s	2933 MT/s	1TB

 

2. Gold Processors

	2nd Generation Gold Processors	1st Generation Gold Processors
Channel	6-Channel DDR4 @ 2933 MT/s	6-Channel 1DPC DDR4 @ 2400 MT/s (SKU 5122 – supports 2666 MT/s)
Ram	6TB max RAM (larger than 2TB memory per socket on select SKUs)	768 GB max memory capacity (1.5 TB on select skus)
Sockets	2 and 4 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI, 2S – 3UPI, 4S – 3UPI @ 10.4 GT/s	2 and 4 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI, 4S – 3UPI @ 10.4 GT/s
Intel Technology	Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel AVX-512 (2x 512-bit FMA)	Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel AVX-512 (1x 512-bit FMA) (SKU 5122 – supports 2x 512 bit FMA)
RAS	48 lanes PCIe 3.0, advanced RAS	48 lanes PCIe 3.0, advanced RAS

 

Intel Xeon Models	CPU Frequency	Cores	L3 Cache	Power	UPI	DDR4	Memory per socket
Gold 6252 Processor	2.1 GHz	24	35.75 MB	150W	3 @ 10.4 GT/s	2933 MT/s	1TB
Gold 6248 Processor	2.5 GHz	20	27.5 MB	150W	3 @ 10.4 GT/s	2933 MT/s	1TB
Gold 6240 Processor	2.6 GHz	18	24.75 MB	150W	3 @ 10.4 GT/s	2933 MT/s	1TB
Gold 6242 Processor	2.8 GHz	16	22 MB	150W	3 @ 10.4 GT/s	2933 MT/s	1TB
Gold 6244 Processor	3.6 GHz	8	24.75 MB	150W	3 @ 10.4 GT/s	2933 MT/s	1TB

 

3. Silver Processors

	2nd Generation Silver Processors	1st Generation Silver Processors
Channel	6-Channel DDR4 @ 2400 MT/s	6-Channel DDR4 @ 2400 MT/s
Ram	2TB max RAM	768 GB max memory capacity
Sockets	2 and 4 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI, 2S – 3UPI, 4S – 3UPI @ 9.6 GT/s	2 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI @ 9.6 GT/s
Intel Technology	Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel AVX-512 (2x 512-bit FMA)	Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel AVX-512 (1x 512-bit FMA)
RAS	48 lanes PCIe 3.0, standard RAS	48    anes PCIe 3.0, standard RAS

 

Intel Xeon Models	CPU Frequency	Cores	L3 Cache	Power	UPI	DDR4	Memory per socket
Silver 4216 Processor	2.1 GHz	16	22 MB	100W	2 @ 9.6 GT/s	2400 MT/s	1TB
Silver 4214 Processor	2.2 GHz	12	16.5 MB	85W	2 @ 9.6 GT/s	2400 MT/s	1TB
Silver 4210 Processor	2.2 GHz	10	10 MB	85W	2 @ 9.6 GT/s	2400 MT/s	1TB
Silver 4215 Processor	2.5 GHz	8	11 MB	85W	2 @ 9.6 GT/s	2400 MT/s	1TB

 

4. Bronze Processors

	2nd Generation Bronze Processors	1st Generation Bronze Processors
Channel	6-Channel DDR4 @ 2133 MT/s	6-Channel DDR4 @ 2133 MT/s
Ram	2TB max RAM	768 GB max memory capacity
Sockets	2 and 4 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI, 2S – 3UPI, 4S – 3UPI @ 9.6 GT/s	2 sockets capable, 2S – 2UPI @ 9.6 GT/s
Intel Technology	Intel AVX-512 (2x 512-bit FMA)	Intel AVX-512 (1x 512-bit FMA)
RAS	48 lanes PCIe 3.0, standard RAS	48 lanes PCIe 3.0, standard RAS

 

Intel Xeon Models	CPU Frequency	Cores	L3 Cache	Power	UPI	DDR4	Memory per socket
Bronze 3204 Processor	1.9 GHz	6	8.25 MB	85W	2 @ 9.6 GT/s	2133 MT/s	1 TB

 

Serverental covered the initial announcement back in November last year, which showed that Intel was placing two of its large enterprise core silicon dies into a silicon package, to create something with double the cores and double the memory in something smaller than a dual socket system. This product, according to Intel, was designed to be purely focused on that high-density compute market, where space is at a premium. The company stated that where HPC previously had two processors, they could now have the equivalent of four.

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