Introduction

ThinkSystem servers incorporate Intel Xeon Scalable Family processors to enable critical business workloads and applications. The Intel scalable design provides significant improvement in performance, advanced reliability, scalability and hardware-enhanced security. Enhancements include higher per-core performance, greater memory bandwidth, expanded I/O, and improved security. This page allows you compare the features of the processors.

Processor

Processor manufacturer

Intel

Processor generation

Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen

Processor model

6444Y

Processor base frequency

3.6 GHz

Processor family

Intel® Xeon® Gold

Processor cores

16

Processor socket

LGA 4677 (Socket E)

Processor threads

32

System bus rate

16 GT/s

Processor operating modes

64-bit

Processor boost frequency

4 GHz

High priority cores

4

High priority core frequency

3.7 GHz

Low priority cores

12

Low priority core frequency

3.2 GHz

Processor cache

45 MB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)

270 W

Stepping

S3

Processor codename

Sapphire Rapids

Memory

Maximum internal memory supported by processor

6 TB

Memory types supported by processor

DDR4-SDRAM

Memory channels

Octa-channel

ECC

Yes

Graphics

On-board graphics card

No

Discrete graphics card

No

On-board graphics card model

Not available

Discrete graphics card model

Not available

Features

Execute Disable Bit

Yes

Market segment

Server

Use conditions

Server/Enterprise

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes

80

PCI Express slots version

5.0

Supported instruction sets

AMX, AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE4.2

Scalability

2S

Embedded options available

No

Processor special features

Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)

Yes

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

2.0

Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)

Yes

Intel Trusted Execution Technology

Yes

Intel® Speed Shift Technology

Yes

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions

Yes

Intel® Total Memory Encryption

Yes

Intel® Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET)

Yes

Intel® Crypto Acceleration

Yes

Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support

Yes

Maximum Enclave Size Support for Intel® SGX

128 GB

Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Yes

Intel® OS Guard

Yes

Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX)

Yes

Intel 64

Yes

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Yes

Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Yes

AVX-512 Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) units

2

Intel® Boot Guard

Yes

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)

Yes

Intel® Speed Select technology - Performance Profile (Intel® SST-PP)

Yes

Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)

Yes

Intel® Run Sure Technology

Yes

Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Yes

Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Supported

Yes

Intel® Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency (Intel® SST-BF)

Yes

Intel® QuickAssist Software Acceleration

Yes

Intel® On Demand Feature Activation

Yes

Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX)

Yes

Operational conditions

Tcase

75 °C

DTS Max

100 °C