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The latest third generation Xeon Ice Lake-SP CPU benchmarks from Intel were leaked in the SiSoftware Sandra database and we can say that the performance has improved slightly, bringing the chips closer to AMD’s EPYC Roma competitors.
The Intel Ice Lake-SP Xeon Platinum 8352S and 8352Y 32-core 3rd generation CPU benchmarks have leaked, move closer to AMD’s EPYC Roma, but it’s still not enough
The two Intel Ice Lake-SP CPUs were detected by Momomo_US in the SiSoftware benchmark database. Although we have already covered the preliminary specifications for the Intel Ice Lake-SP line, the benchmark database provides more detailed information about the clocks, so let’s talk about them before moving on to the benchmarks.
The Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S and Xeon Platinum 8352Y are essentially the same chips. Both have 32 cores and 64 threads. Clock speeds are maintained on a 2.20 GHz basis, an increase of 3.40 GHz and an IMC clock of 2.40 GHz. CPUs carry 40 MB of L2 cache and 48 MB of L3 cache. The average clock speed was around 2.8 GHz. Both CPUs also have the same TDP rated at 205W. The difference between the S and Y variants is that the Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S supports configurations of up to 4 sockets, while the Xeon Platinum 8352Y supports dual socket configurations.
Intel Xeon Ice Lake-SP server CPU line (preliminary):
| CPU name | Colors / Threads | Base Clock | Boost Clock | L3 cache | L2 cache | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xeon Platinum 8380 | 40/80 | 2.30 GHz | TBA | 60 MB | 50.00 MB | 270W |
| Xeon Platinum 8368 | 38/76 | 2.40 GHz | TBA | 57 MB | 47.50 MB | 270W |
| Xeon Platinum 8360Y | 36/72 | 2.40 GHz | TBA | 54 MB | 45.00 MB | 250W |
| Xeon Platinum 8358 | 32/64 | 2.65 GHz | TBA | 48 MB | 40.00 MB | 250W |
| Xeon Platinum 8352S | 32/64 | 2.20 GHz | 3.40 GHz | 48 MB | 40.00 MB | 205W |
| Xeon Platinum 8352Y | 32/64 | 2.20 GHz | 3.40 GHz | 48 MB | 40.00 MB | 205W |
| Xeon Gold 6354 | 18/36 | 3.10 GHz | TBA | 27 MB | 22.50 MB | 205W |
| Xeon Gold 6348 | 28/56 | 2.80 GHz | TBA | 42 MB | 35.00 MB | 235W |
| Xeon Gold 6346 | 16/32 | 3.10 GHz | TBA | 24 MB | 20.00 MB | 205W |
| Xeon Gold 6342 | 24/48 | 2.70 GHz | TBA | 36 MB | 30.00 MB | 220W |
| Xeon Gold 6338 | 32/64 | 2.00 GHz | TBA | 48 MB | 40.00 MB | 205W |
| Xeon Gold 6336Y | 24/48 | 2.40 GHz | TBA | 36 MB | 30.00 MB | 185W |
| Xeon Gold 6334 | 8/16 | 3.50 GHz | TBA | 12 MB | 10.00 MB | 165W |
| Xeon Gold 6330 | 28/56 | 2.00 GHz | TBA | 42 MB | 35.00 MB | 205W |
| Xeon Gold 6326 | 16/32 | 2.80 GHz | TBA | 24 MB | 20.00 MB | 185W |
| Xeon Gold 5320 | 26/52 | 2.20 GHz | TBA | 39 MB | 16.25 MB | 185W |
| Xeon Gold 5318Y | 24/48 | 2.00 GHz | TBA | 36 MB | 30.00 MB | 165W |
| Xeon Gold 5317 | 12/24 | 2.80 GHz | TBA | 12 MB | 15.00 MB | 150W |
| Xeon Gold 5315Y | 8/16 | 3.00 GHz | TBA | 12 MB | 10.00 MB | 150W |
| Xeon Silver 4316 | 20/40 | 2.30 GHz | TBA | 30 MB | 25.00 MB | 150W |
| Xeon Silver 4314 | 16/32 | 2.30 GHz | TBA | 24 MB | 20.00 MB | 135W |
| Xeon Silver 4310 | 12/24 | 2.10 GHz | TBA | 12 MB | 15.00 MB | 135W |
| Xeon Silver 4309Y | 8/16 | 2.60 GHz | TBA | 12 MB | 10.00 MB | 105W |
The benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S were performed on a single chip, while the Xeon Platinum 8352Y was tested in a dual socket configuration. In the processor arithmetic test, the Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S scored 813.40 GOPS and in multimedia tests, the same chip scored 3564.27 Mpix / s. Moving on to the dual socket configuration, the Xeon Platinum 8352Y chips achieved 1604.36 GOPS, which is almost perfect (2x) in scale.
For comparison, average scores were used for several other servers and workstation processors from the same benchmark database. Comparing the single-chip configuration to a 32-core EPYC 7532 CPU shows similar performance. The 32-core variant EPYC 7542 is still faster due to its higher bin, but Intel also has the Xeon Platinum 8358 with a base clock of 2.65 GHz and that would end up a little faster than the 32-core variant that AMD has to offer in its Rome schedule. In the multimedia test, Xeon replaces the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, which is the fastest 32-core offering based on the Zen 2 core architecture by a 4% margin.
The 2-socket configuration has twice as many cores to offer, so it will only be wise to compare it with AMD EPYC Rome 64-core parts. CPUs turn out to be faster than the flagship EPYC 7742 64-core by 4%. They lose against the high-end Threadripper 3990X 64 core that offers much higher clocks, but against EPYC, Intel Ice Lake Xeon CPUs seem to offer a small gain.
Both CPU lines for AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon 3rd Generation servers will be facing each other soon. So far, AMD has disrupted the server market space and gained share by offering insane value with its EPYC CPUs and its efficiency, node, performance and computing advantage within space have increased tremendously in the past two years, while Intel has lacked relying on the same process and architecture for years. AMD will also launch its new 3rd Generation EPYC Milan line next week, while Intel has not yet decided on a difficult launch date for its Xeon Ice Lake-SP family.