Intel Announces 4th Generation Xeon Scalable CPU

Today Intel officially announced the 4th Generation Xeon CPU, formerly known as “Sapphire Rapids.”  Here’s the list of all 47 CPU bins.

4th Generation Intel Xeon CPU List

Product Name Total Cores Max Turbo Frequency Processor Base Frequency Cache Hard Featured Workload Accelerators
QAT DLB IAX DSA SGX
Intel® Xeon® Bronze 3408U Processor 8 1.90 GHz 1.80 GHz 22.5 MB 4 4 4 4 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5411N Processor 24 3.90 GHz 1.90 GHz 45 MB 1 1 1 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5412U Processor 24 3.90 GHz 2.10 GHz 45 MB 4 4 0 4 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5415+ Processor 8 4.10 GHz 2.90 GHz 22.5 MB 0 0 0 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5416S Processor 16 4.00 GHz 2.00 GHz 30 MB 4 4 0 4 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5418N Processor 24 3.80 GHz 1.80 GHz 45 MB 0 0 0 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5418Y Processor 24 3.80 GHz 2.00 GHz 45 MB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5420+ Processor 28 4.10 GHz 2.00 GHz 52.5 MB 4 4 4 4 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6414U Processor 32 3.40 GHz 2.00 GHz 60 MB 0 0 0 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6416H Processor 18 4.20 GHz 2.20 GHz 45 MB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6418H Processor 24 4.00 GHz 2.10 GHz 60 MB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6421N Processor 32 3.60 GHz 1.80 GHz 60 MB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6426Y Processor 16 4.10 GHz 2.50 GHz 37.5 MB 0 0 4 4 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6428N Processor 32 3.80 GHz 1.80 GHz 60 MB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6430 Processor 32 3.40 GHz 2.10 GHz 60 MB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6434 Processor 8 4.10 GHz 3.70 GHz 22.5 MB 4 4 4 4 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6434H Processor 8 4.10 GHz 3.70 GHz 22.5 MB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6438M Processor 32 3.90 GHz 2.20 GHz 60 MB 4 4 0 4 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6438N Processor 32 3.60 GHz 2.00 GHz 60 MB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6438Y+ Processor 32 4.00 GHz 2.00 GHz 60 MB 2 2 1 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6442Y Processor 24 4.00 GHz 2.60 GHz 60 MB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6444Y Processor 16 4.00 GHz 3.60 GHz 45 MB 2 2 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6448H Processor 32 4.10 GHz 2.40 GHz 60 MB 0 0 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6448Y Processor 32 4.10 GHz 2.10 GHz 60 MB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6454S Processor 32 3.40 GHz 2.20 GHz 60 MB 2 2 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6458Q Processor 32 4.00 GHz 3.10 GHz 60 MB 2 2 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8444H Processor 16 4.00 GHz 2.90 GHz 45 MB 0 0 0 1 512Gb
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8450H Processor 28 3.50 GHz 2.00 GHz 75 KB 0 0 4 4 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8452Y Processor 36 3.20 GHz 2.00 GHz 67.5 KB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8454H Processor 32 3.40 GHz 2.10 GHz 82.5 KB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8458P Processor 44 3.80 GHz 2.70 GHz 82.5 KB 0 0 1 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8460H Processor 40 3.80 GHz 2.20 GHz 105 KB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8460Y+ Processor 40 3.70 GHz 2.00 GHz 105 KB 2 2 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8461V Processor 48 3.70 GHz 2.20 GHz 97.5 KB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8462Y+ Processor 32 4.10 GHz 2.80 GHz 60 MB 2 2 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8468 Processor 48 3.80 GHz 2.10 GHz 105 KB 1 1 1 1 64GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8468H Processor 48 3.80 GHz 2.10 GHz 105 KB 0 0 1 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8468V Processor 48 3.80 GHz 2.40 GHz 97.5 KB 0 0 4 4 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8470 Processor 52 3.80 GHz 2.00 GHz 105 KB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8470N Processor 52 3.60 GHz 1.70 GHz 97.5 KB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8470Q Processor 52 3.80 GHz 2.10 GHz 105 KB 2 2 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8471N Processor 52 3.60 GHz 1.80 GHz 97.5 KB 0 0 0 1 64GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8480+ Processor 56 3.80 GHz 2.00 GHz 105 KB 0 0 0 1 64GB
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8490H Processor 60 3.50 GHz 1.90 GHz 112.5 KB 0 0 1 1 512GB
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4410T Processor 10 4.00 GHz 2.70 GHz 26.25 MB 0 0 0 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4410Y Processor 12 3.90 GHz 2.00 GHz 30 MB 1 1 1 1 128GB
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4416+ Processor 20 3.90 GHz 2.00 GHz 37.5 MB 0 0 0 1 64GB
Information provided by Intel (https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/228622/4th-generation-intel-xeon-scalable-processors.html)

Integrated Workload Accelerators

If you watched the live announcement today from Intel, you may have picked up on the phrase “workload accelerator.”  These are built-in capabilities on 4th Generation Xeon CPUs that provide the ability to help accelerate workloads.  The number of available workload accelerators will vary by CPU bin.  I’m not sure, though, how the qty of licenses or instances per CPU bin are used – maybe I can find something and write a post on that later.

Here’s what each of these accelerators are:

  • AMX (Advanced Matrix Extensions) – improves the performance of deep learning training and inference on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, ideal for workloads like natural language processing, recommendation systems, and image recognition.
  • DLB (Dynamic Load Balancer) – increases throughput with efficient load balancing across multiple cores
  • DSA (Data Streaming Accelerator) – accelerates applications that a reliant on data movement
  • IAA (In-Memory Analytics Accelerator) – increases queries per second and reduces memory footprints for data analytics
  • QAT (QuickAssist Technology) – accelerates cryptography and data de/compression
  • SGX (Software Guard Extensions) – trusted execution environment for increased protection of confidential data

Workload Optimization Decoder Ring

Intel is continuing with having a large portion of the newly announced CPU SKUs with a suffix that notates the CPU is optimized for specific workload(s).  Here’s the decoder ring for what workloads the CPU is optimized for:

  • H = database and analytics.  Will only be found on 4S and 8S systems.
  • M = media transcode
  • N = network / 5G / Edge
  • P = Infrastructure As a Service (IaaS) – Cloud; high per-core performance
  • Q = liquid cooling
  • S = storage and hyper converged infrastructure
  • T = high T-case; long life use
  • U = 1 socket configurations
  • V = Software as a Service (SaaS)  – Cloud; high VM densities with TDP constrained environments
  • Y = mainstream, general purpose
  • + = ability to upgrade accelerators via software license key

Final Thoughts

This list is the comprehensive list but isn’t reflective of what you’ll see available on blade servers.  Additionally, Intel lists that these CPUs will be available soon, so I’d expect to see them become available in the next few weeks.

 

Kevin Houston is the founder of BladesMadeSimple.com. With over 24 years of experience in the x86 server marketplace Kevin has a vast array of competitive x86 server knowledge and certifications as well as an in-depth understanding of VMware virtualization. He has worked at Dell Technologies since August 2011 and is a Principal Engineer supporting the East Enterprise Region and is also a CTO Ambassador for the Office of the CTO at Dell Technologies.

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