Intel Xeon Scalable Debuts: Dual Xeon Platinum 8176 With 112 Threads Tested
Xeon Scalable Processor Demos And Live Video Hands-On
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Intel 4U (Top) And 2U (Bottom) Xeon Scalable Servers
There were a number of 4U and 2U servers on hand, powered by Xeon Platinum series processors and packed with various amounts of RAM and storage. The servers themselves were non-descript development platforms, but we thought you’d like to take a look at them nonetheless.
A system with all of those resources at its disposal will have some serious horsepower, as we'll show you a little later. If you’re a desktop enthusiast and would like like to experience a jaw-dropping moment, here’s a quick look at what a 112-thread, dual Xeon Platinum 8180-based system can do in Cinebench -- and we do mean quick...
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180, 112-Thread 2U Server Slays Cinebench |
The performance and benchmark tests being shown in Intel's demos included Linpack, various big-data analytics, and heavy-duty storage workloads. Intel claims the Xeon Scalable Processor family delivers a 1.65x average performance increase (in a 2P configuration), across a broad range of benchmarks and applications versus the previous generation, and roughly 1.5x in a 4P configuration.
In a Django / Python workload, the 2P Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 processors-based server outpaced a 2P Xeon E5-2699 v4 based server by 1.43x (requests per second), in a battle of Intel's flagship server processors. Linpack was shown in action as well, in the bottom image. We were lucky enough to run some tests of our own, which we will outline for you on the next couple of pages.