3rd Generation Intel Ice Lake-SP Xeon Platinum 8352S and 8352Y Processor Performance Leak

The latest performance tests of 3rd gen Intel Ice Lake-SP Xeon processors leaked into the SiSoftware Sandra database and we could say that the performance has improved slightly, bringing the chips closer to AMD’s EPYC Rome competitors.

3rd gen Intel Ice Lake-SP Xeon Platinum 8352S and 8352Y, 32-core processor performance tests leaked

Both Intel Ice Lake-SP processors have been spotted by Momomo_US in the SiSoftware reference database. While we’ve already covered the preliminary specs for the Intel Ice Lake-SP line, the benchmark database provides more detailed information about clocks, so let’s talk about those before we move on to benchmarks.

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The Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S and the Xeon Platinum 8352Y are essentially the same chips. Both have 32 cores and 64 threads. Clock speeds are maintained at a base of 2.20 GHz, an increase of 3.40 GHz, and an IMC clock of 2.40 GHz. The processors carry 40MB of L2 and 48MB of L3 cache. The clock speed averaged around 2.8 GHz. Both processors also feature the same TDP rated at 205 W. The difference between S and Y variants is that the Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S supports up to 4 socket configurations while the Xeon Platinum 8352Y supports configurations dual socket.

Intel Xeon Ice Lake-SP Server processor family (Preliminary):

Processor name	Cores / Threads	Basic clock	Boost clock	L3 Cache	L2 Cache	TDP
Xeon Platinum 8380	40/80	2.30 GHz	TBA	60 MB	50.00 MB	270 W
Xeon Platinum 8368	38/76	2.40 GHz	TBA	57 MB	47.50 MB	270 W
Xeon Platinum 8360Y	36/72	2.40 GHz	TBA	54 MB	45.00 MB	250 W
Xeon Platinum 8358	32/64	2.65 GHz	TBA	48 MB	40.00 MB	250 W
Xeon Platinum 8352S	32/64	2.20 GHz	3.40 GHz	48 MB	40.00 MB	205 W
Xeon Platinum 8352Y	32/64	2.20 GHz	3.40 GHz	48 MB	40.00 MB	205 W
Xeon Gold 6354	18/36	3.10 GHz	TBA	27 MB	22.50 MB	205 W
Xeon Gold 6348	28/56	2.80 GHz	TBA	42 MB	35.00 MB	235 W
Xeon Gold 6346	16/32	3.10 GHz	TBA	24 MB	20.00 MB	205 W
Xeon Gold 6342	24/48	2.70 GHz	TBA	36 MB	30.00 MB	220 W
Xeon Gold 6338	32/64	2.00 GHz	TBA	48 MB	40.00 MB	205 W
Xeon Gold 6336Y	24/48	2.40 GHz	TBA	36 MB	30.00 MB	185 W
Xeon Gold 6334	8/16	3.50 GHz	TBA	12 MB	10.00 MB	165 W
Xeon Gold 6330	28/56	2.00 GHz	TBA	42 MB	35.00 MB	205 W
Xeon Gold 6326	16/32	2.80 GHz	TBA	24 MB	20.00 MB	185 W
Xeon Gold 5320	26/52	2.20 GHz	TBA	39 MB	16.25 MB	185 W
Xeon Gold 5318Y	24/48	2.00 GHz	TBA	36 MB	30.00 MB	165 W
Xeon Gold 5317	12/24	2.80 GHz	TBA	12 MB	15.00 MB	150 W
Xeon Gold 5315Y	8/16	3.00 GHz	TBA	12 MB	10.00 MB	150 W
Xeon Silver 4316	20/40	2.30 GHz	TBA	30 MB	25.00 MB	150 W
Xeon Silver 4314	16/32	2.30 GHz	TBA	24 MB	20.00 MB	135 W
Xeon Silver 4310	12/24	2.10 GHz	TBA	12 MB	15.00 MB	135 W
Xeon Silver 4309Y	8/16	2.60 GHz	TBA	12 MB	10.00 MB	105 W

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S benchmarks were performed on a single chip while the Xeon Platinum 8352Y was tested in a dual socket configuration. In the arithmetic test of the processor, the Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S scored 813.40 GOPS and in the multimedia tests the same chip scored 3564.27 Mpix / s. Switching to the dual-socket configuration, the Xeon Platinum 8352Y chips got 1604.36 GOPS, which is near perfect (2x) scaling.

For comparison, the average scores of various other server and workstation processors from the same benchmark database were used. Comparison of the single-chip configuration to a 32-core EPYC 7532 processor shows similar performance. The 32-core EPYC 7542 variant is always faster due to its higher bin, but Intel also has the Xeon Platinum 8358 with a base clock of 2.65 GHz and which would finish a bit faster than the 32-core variant. superior that AMD has to offer its Rome range. In the multimedia test, the Xeon replaces the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X which is the fastest 32-core offering based on the Zen 2 core architecture with a 4% margin.

The 2-socket configuration has twice as many cores to offer, so it only makes sense if we compare it to the 64-core AMD EPYC Rome parts. The processors end up being faster than the flagship EPYC 7742 64-core by 4%. They lose to the high-end Threadripper 3990X 64 core which offers much higher clocks, but compared to EPYC, Intel’s Xeon Ice Lake processors seem to offer a slight gain.

The processor alignments for AMD EPYC and 3rd Generation Intel Xeon servers will soon be going head-to-head. AMD has so far disrupted the server market space and gained share by delivering insane value with their EPYC processors and their efficiency, nodes, performance and compute advantage in space have increased dramatically over the course of of the past two years when Intel was lacking. building on the same process and architecture for years. AMD will also launch its all-new 3rd-generation EPYC Milan lineup next week, as Intel has yet to decide on a tough launch date for its Xeon Ice Lake-SP family.