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Compared to the previous generation, 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors are built on a more efficient architecture that increases core performance, memory, and I/O bandwidth and provides additional memory channels to accelerate workloads. The tested Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 server was built with two Intel Xeon Gold 6330 processors, which include 28 cores each (the maximum number of cores supported by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors is 40). With support for more cores and sockets, the newer generation processors drive enhanced performance, throughput, and CPU frequencies compared to previous-generation processors.
Compared to the previous generation, Intel claims that 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors provide:
3 Source: Claim 125 at Intel. “3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors – Performance Index.” http://www.intel.com/3gen-xeon-config
4 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8380 processors: 8 channels, 3,200 MT/s (2 DPC), compared to 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 processors: 6 channels, 2,666 MT/S (2 DPC).
5 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8380 processors: 8 channels, 2 DPC (256 GB DDR4), compared to 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 processors: 6 channels, 2 DPC (128 GB DDR4).
6 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8380 processors: 64 lanes of PCIe® Gen4 per processor, compared to 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 processor: 48 lanes of PCIe Gen3 per processor.