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• 2 sockets

• 2 UPI links @ 9.6GT/s

• Up to 2.70 GHz (8 cores)

• 6-ch DDR4 @ 2400 MT/s

• 48 lanes PCIe Gen 3

• Intel

AVX-512 (1 FMA)

• Intel

Turbo Boost & Hyperthreading

• Standard RAS

• Intel

DL Boost (VNNI)

Intel

Xeon

Bronze 3200

Entry performance.

• Up to 6 cores

• 2 sockets

• 2 UPI links @ 9.6GT/s

• Up to 1.70 GHz (6 cores)

• 6-ch DDR4 @ 2133 MT/s

• 48 lanes PCIe Gen 3

• Standard RAS

• Intel

AVX-512 (1 FMA)

• Intel

DL Boost (VNNI)

Table 2: Key specifications of the 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable Processors

Special Use Case Offerings - 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable Processors

Speed Select Technology

Intel

Speed Select Technology is an umbrella term for a collection of features that provide more granular control over

CPU performance. There are two unique sets of optimized processor offerings that support the Intel

Speed Select

Technology: -N & -Y suffix processor SKU’s. The paragraphs below describe the different features and use cases for

the new Intel

Speed Select Technology feature. Readers are encouraged to read the white paper Dell EMC

PowerEdge 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable Platform Offering for further detail.

Speed Select Technology – Base Frequency (SST-BF) (-N)

The -N processors are optimized offerings specifically designed for NFV and networking/storage workloads. These

processors may be of interest to Communication Service Providers, Cloud Service Providers, and Security Appliance

Customers.

Two of these processors (6252N & 6230N) will support 2 additional bins of frequency vs. the standard 6252 & 6230

processors, while the 5218N will support a lower processor TDP (105 W) vs. the standard 5218 (125 W) processor.

All the “N” processors will support a new feature called Intel

Speed Select Technology-Base Frequency (SST-BF).

SST-BF enables the processor to increase the base frequency of certain cores (called high priority cores) in exchange

for lowering the base frequency (called low priority cores) on the other CPU’s cores.

With SST-BF, the feature must be enabled in the BIOS at boot. After initial enablement, the feature can be turned on

or off during run time. The number of cores that are high- or low-priority and which cores are high- or low priority are

set by Intel and cannot change.

Speed Select Technology – Performance Profile (SST-PP) (-Y)

The -Y processors are specialized offerings specifically designed to support customers who want to optimize their TCO

by capacity management & SKU consolidation. Examples of customers who may be interested in these processor

offerings are IaaS providers, customers with different compute needs during day/night, FSI (trading/analytics), media

studios (VDI/rendering) and any customer wanting to simplify their infrastructure by managing fewer types of hardware

SKU’s.

All the -Y processors will support a new feature called Intel

Speed Select Technology-Performance Profile (SST-PP).

SST-PP provides the capability to configure the CPU to run at 3 distinct operating points. Each operating point is

defined by a core count with a base frequency associated to that core count:

▪ Higher core count with lower base frequency

▪ Lower core count with higher base frequency

BIOS discovers capability and prompts user to select from configurations at boot.