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Cascade Lake R
General Info
Designer	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel
Introduction	February 24, 2020 (announced) February 24, 2020 (launched)
Microarchitecture
ISA	x86-64 (x86)
Microarchitecture	Cascade Lake
Platform	Purley
Chipset	Lewisburg
Word Size	8 octets 16 nibbles 64 bit
Process	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Technology	CMOS
Packaging
Package	FCLGA-3647 (FCLGA)
Dimension	76.16 mm × 56.6 mm
Pitch	0.8585 mm × 0.9906 mm
Contacts	3647
Socket	Socket P, LGA-3647
Succession
Skylake SP Ice Lake SP
Contemporary
Cascade Lake SP

Cascade Lake R (Cascade Lake Scalable Performance Refresh) is code name for Intel's series of server multiprocessors based on the Cascade Lake microarchitecture as part of the Purley platform serving as mid-cycle refresh to Cascade Lake SP. Cascade Lake R only targets mainstream entry and mid-range servers and therefore only support up to 2-way multiprocessing. As with Cascade Lake SP, these chips also support up to 28 cores, incorporate AVX512 x86 extension for neural network / deep learning workloads, and introduces persistent memory support. Cascade Lake R-based chips are manufactured on an enhanced 14 nm process and utilize the Lewisburg chipset.

Cascade Lake R-based models are branded as the 2nd-generation Xeon Bronze, Xeon Silver, and Xeon Gold processor families.

Overview

Cascade Lake R processors are based on Intel's Cascade Lake microarchitecture intended to enhance the original Cascade Lake SP lineup. These processors introduce a significant price cut compared to original SKUs or additional cores and the higher frequency at comparable price. The intended purpose of this release is to elevate the performance-per-dollar for entry-level and mid-range server processors.

As with Skylake SP, Cascade Lake SP processors utilize the new FCLGA-3647 package (which makes use of "Socket P"). Those use the Lewisburg chipset (HUB) via 4 PCIe3 lanes using Intel's proprietary Direct Media Interface 3.0 (DMI 3.0), allowing for 8 GT/s transfer rate per lane. When in multi-socket configuration, the microprocessor is connected to the other processors via the Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links which Intel introduced with Skylake SP as well, replacing and obsoleting the older QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) operating. Depending on the model, there may be either two or three UPI links inter-linking each socket (for more details see Cascade Lake § Scalability).

Common Features

All Cascade Lake R processors have the following:

• Hexa-channel memory
  • 1 TiB, 2 TiB medium memory support variants (M suffix), and 4.5 TiB for extended memory variants (L suffix)
  • UP to DDR4-2933 MT/s
  • ECC support
• TDP: 85 W to 205 W
• PCIe: x48 Lanes of PCIe Gen 3
• ISA: Everything up to AVX-512 (SMM, FPU, NX, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, FMA3, AVX2, AVX512F, AVX512CD, AVX512BW, AVX512DQ, AVX512VL, AVX512VNNI)
• Features: Speed Shift, vPro, VT-x, TSX, TXT, Volume Management Device (VMD), Mode-based Execute Control (MBE), Key Protection Technology (KPT), and Platform Trust Technology (PTT).
  • Silver and up also have Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost
  • Gold and up also have Node Controller Support and offer Integrated Omni-Path Fabric Interface options

Naming Scheme

Cascade Lake SKUs follow the following naming scheme.

Where,

• "F" suffix integrates the Omni-Path Host Fabric Interface (HFI) die on-package
• "L" suffix indicates the SKU is a large memory (4.5 TiB) tier SKU
• "M" suffix indicates the SKU is a medium memory (2 TiB) tier SKU
• "N" suffix indicates the SKU is a networking-specialized model
• "S" suffix indicates the SKU is a search application-specialized model
• "T" suffix indicates that SKU has an extended lifetime (10 year use) guarantees and NEBS-friendly packing specification
• "V" suffix indicates the SKU targets the VM density value market
• "Y" suffix indicates the SKU has Speed Select Technology (SST)
• "U" suffix indicates the SKU is a single-socket model (even if part of the Xeon Gold family that normally supports up two 4-way SMP)
• "R" suffix indicates the SKU is a dual-socket model (even if part of the Xeon Gold family that normally supports up two 4-way SMP)

Cascade Lake R Processors

	List of Cascade Lake R-based Processors
	Main Processor								Cache	Memory
Model	Family	Price	Launched	Cores	Threads	Frequency	Max Turbo	TDP	L3$	Mem Type	Max Mem
	Multiprocessors (2-way)
4210R	Xeon Silver	$ 511.00 € 459.90 £ 413.91 ¥ 52,801.63 , $ 501.00 € 450.90 £ 405.81 ¥ 51,768.33	24 February 2020	10	20	2.4 GHz 2,400 MHz 2,400,000 kHz	3.2 GHz 3,200 MHz 3,200,000 kHz	100 W 100,000 mW 0.134 hp 0.1 kW	13.75 MiB 14,080 KiB 14,417,920 B 0.0134 GiB	DDR4-2400	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
4214R	Xeon Silver	$ 705.00 € 634.50 £ 571.05 ¥ 72,847.65 , $ 694.00 € 624.60 £ 562.14 ¥ 71,711.02	24 February 2020	12	24	2.4 GHz 2,400 MHz 2,400,000 kHz	3.5 GHz 3,500 MHz 3,500,000 kHz	100 W 100,000 mW 0.134 hp 0.1 kW	16.5 MiB 16,896 KiB 17,301,504 B 0.0161 GiB	DDR4-2400	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
4215R	Xeon Silver	$ 794.00 € 714.60 £ 643.14 ¥ 82,044.02	24 February 2020	8	16	3.2 GHz 3,200 MHz 3,200,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	130 W 130,000 mW 0.174 hp 0.13 kW	11 MiB 11,264 KiB 11,534,336 B 0.0107 GiB	DDR4-2400	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
5218R	Xeon Gold	$ 1,273.00 € 1,145.70 £ 1,031.13 ¥ 131,539.09 , $ 1,280.00 € 1,152.00 £ 1,036.80 ¥ 132,262.40	24 February 2020	20	40	2.1 GHz 2,100 MHz 2,100,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	125 W 125,000 mW 0.168 hp 0.125 kW	27.5 MiB 28,160 KiB 28,835,840 B 0.0269 GiB	DDR4-2666	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
5220R	Xeon Gold	$ 1,555.00 € 1,399.50 £ 1,259.55 ¥ 160,678.15 , $ 1,561.00 € 1,404.90 £ 1,264.41 ¥ 161,298.13	24 February 2020	24	48	2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	150 W 150,000 mW 0.201 hp 0.15 kW	35.75 MiB 36,608 KiB 37,486,592 B 0.0349 GiB	DDR4-2666	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6226R	Xeon Gold	$ 1,300.00 € 1,170.00 £ 1,053.00 ¥ 134,329.00 , $ 1,306.00 € 1,175.40 £ 1,057.86 ¥ 134,948.98	24 February 2020	16	32	2.9 GHz 2,900 MHz 2,900,000 kHz	3.9 GHz 3,900 MHz 3,900,000 kHz	150 W 150,000 mW 0.201 hp 0.15 kW	22 MiB 22,528 KiB 23,068,672 B 0.0215 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6230R	Xeon Gold	$ 1,900.00 € 1,710.00 £ 1,539.00 ¥ 196,327.00 , $ 1,894.00 € 1,704.60 £ 1,534.14 ¥ 195,707.02	24 February 2020	26	52	2.1 GHz 2,100 MHz 2,100,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	150 W 150,000 mW 0.201 hp 0.15 kW	35.75 MiB 36,608 KiB 37,486,592 B 0.0349 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6238R	Xeon Gold	$ 2,612.00 € 2,350.80 £ 2,115.72 ¥ 269,897.96 , $ 2,618.00 € 2,356.20 £ 2,120.58 ¥ 270,517.94	24 February 2020	28	56	2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	165 W 165,000 mW 0.221 hp 0.165 kW	38.5 MiB 39,424 KiB 40,370,176 B 0.0376 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6240R	Xeon Gold	$ 2,200.00 € 1,980.00 £ 1,782.00 ¥ 227,326.00 , $ 2,205.00 € 1,984.50 £ 1,786.05 ¥ 227,842.65	24 February 2020	24	48	2.4 GHz 2,400 MHz 2,400,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	165 W 165,000 mW 0.221 hp 0.165 kW	35.75 MiB 36,608 KiB 37,486,592 B 0.0349 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6242R	Xeon Gold	$ 2,529.00 € 2,276.10 £ 2,048.49 ¥ 261,321.57	24 February 2020	20	40	3.1 GHz 3,100 MHz 3,100,000 kHz	4.1 GHz 4,100 MHz 4,100,000 kHz	205 W 205,000 mW 0.275 hp 0.205 kW	35.75 MiB 36,608 KiB 37,486,592 B 0.0349 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6246R	Xeon Gold	$ 3,286.00 € 2,957.40 £ 2,661.66 ¥ 339,542.38	24 February 2020	16	32	3.4 GHz 3,400 MHz 3,400,000 kHz	4.1 GHz 4,100 MHz 4,100,000 kHz	205 W 205,000 mW 0.275 hp 0.205 kW	35.75 MiB 36,608 KiB 37,486,592 B 0.0349 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6248R	Xeon Gold	$ 2,700.00 € 2,430.00 £ 2,187.00 ¥ 278,991.00	24 February 2020	24	48	3 GHz 3,000 MHz 3,000,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	205 W 205,000 mW 0.275 hp 0.205 kW	35.75 MiB 36,608 KiB 37,486,592 B 0.0349 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
6258R	Xeon Gold	$ 3,950.00 € 3,555.00 £ 3,199.50 ¥ 408,153.50	24 February 2020	28	56	2.7 GHz 2,700 MHz 2,700,000 kHz	4 GHz 4,000 MHz 4,000,000 kHz	205 W 205,000 mW 0.275 hp 0.205 kW	38.5 MiB 39,424 KiB 40,370,176 B 0.0376 GiB	DDR4-2933	1 TiB 1,048,576 MiB 1,073,741,824 KiB 1,099,511,627,776 B 1,024 GiB
Count: 13

SKU Comparison

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See also

Cascade Lake Cascade Lake AP Cascade Lake SP Cascade Lake R Cascade Lake X Cascade Lake W

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