Younger models will receive 8 cores
The number of cores in Intel Ice Lake-SP server processors remains a mystery. Formally, the company presented these CPUs back in November, and then we were told a maximum of 32 cores.
Unfortunately, Intel will again be unable to compete with AMD’s latest processors in terms of core count. Xeon Ice Lake-SP will have a maximum of 40 cores
But then leaks began to appear on the Web, indicating the presence of models with a large number of cores. In particular, there was a model with 36 seats.
According to the latest data, in fact, the top-end Xeon processors of the new generation will be 40-core. According to the source, models on medium HCC (High Core Count) crystals will contain from 8 to 28 cores, and on large CXC (Xtreme Core Count) crystals – from 16 to 40 seats. TDP, in this case, will lie in the range from 105 to 270 watts. It is also said that the top 40-core model will operate at a base frequency of 2.3 GHz.
Recall Ice Lake-SP will be the company’s first 10nm server processors. Yes, the Sunny Cove architecture is no longer the latest from Intel, but it’s still better than the outdated Skylake that the company has been using for many years. True, 40-core Ice Lake-SPs are unlikely to compete with the new generation of 64-core AMD Epyc monsters based on Zen 3 architecture.
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