Schedule Contract # 47QTCA24D008H
5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors harness the power to turn data into knowledge, drive innovation forward, and deliver impressive performance-per-watt gains across all workloads.
Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX)
accelerates deep learning (DL) inference and training workloads, such as natural language processing (NLP),recommendation systems, and image recognition.
​Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) for vRAN
increases virtual radio access network (vRAN) density up to 2x,compared to the previous generation, with the same power envelope.
​Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (Intel® DSA)
high performance for storage, networking, and data-intensive workloads by improving streaming data movement and transformation operations.
Intel® Crypto Acceleration
reduces the penalty of
implementing pervasive data encryption and increases the performance of encryption-sensitive workloads, such as for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) web servers, 5G infrastructure, and
VPNs/firewalls.
​Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512)
supports up to two fused-multiply add (FMA) units and includes optimizations to accelerate performance for demanding computational tasks.
​Intel® In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (Intel® IAA)
improves analytics performance while loading tasks from CPU cores to accelerate database query throughput and other workloads.
​Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel® QAT)
accelerates encryption, decryption, and data compression, loading these tasks from the processor core to help reduce system resource consumption.
Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer (Intel® DLB)
provides efficient hardware-based load balancing by dynamically distributing network data across multiple CPU cores as the system load varies
Intel Xeon Platinum 8500 Processors
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8500 processors are the foundation for security-enabled, agile data centers—both on-premises and in the multicloud. They are designed for AI, advanced data analytics, high-density infrastructure, and multicloud workloads. These processors deliver high levels of performance, increased platform capabilities, and industry-leading workload acceleration with up to two-socket scalability. They offer enhanced hardware-based security and exceptional multisocket processing performance. With trusted, hardware-enhanced data-service delivery and newer I/O and connectivity technologies, these processors deliver improvements in I/O, memory, storage, and network capabilities to harness actionable insights from the increasingly data-fueled world, including:
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• Up to 64 cores per processor
• 8 memory channels per processor at up to 5,600 MT/s (1 DPC)
• AI acceleration with Intel AMX for a giant leap in DL inference and training performance
Intel Xeon Gold 5500 and 6500
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With up to two-socket scalability, Intel Xeon Gold 6500 and Intel Xeon Gold 5500 processors are optimized for demanding mainstream data center, multicloud compute, and network and storage workloads. With support for higher memory speeds and enhanced memory capacity, these processors deliver improved performance and superior memory capabilities compared to previous generations. They also offer hardware-enhanced security and workload acceleration.
Intel Xeon Silver 4500
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Intel Xeon Silver 4500 processors deliver essential performance, improved memory speed, and increased power efficiency. They offer the hardware-enhanced performance required for entry-level data center compute, network, and storage. Additionally, edge-enhanced (EE) SKUs offer power efficiency for edge use cases
General compute
Boost performance and increase return on investment (ROI) with low-latency systems created using 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors. Accelerators can offload tasks from CPU cores, reducing the number of cores needed per workload. This allows you to expand capacity or run more applications on each server.
1.84x average performance gain with 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors, compared to 3rd Gen Intel Xeon processors
AI
chieve AI performance that’s unmatched by any other CPU, on-premises or in your cloud instance, with 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors featuring built-in Intel® AI Engines. Use Intel AMX, a built-in accelerator that significantly improves DL training and inference. Processor optimizations are integrated into popular AI frameworks, including TensorFlow and PyTorch
Up to 14x higher performance on PyTorch for inference and training with 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors, compared to 3rd Gen Intel Xeon processors
HPC
Improve the performance of HPC applications, from manufacturing simulations to earth systems modeling. 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors with larger last-level cache and faster memory provide high levels of precision while speeding up workloads. Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512), a built-in accelerator with ultra-wide 512-bit vector operations capabilities, is especially suited for the demanding computational tasks in the HPC segment.
Up to 2.1x higher average HPC performance with 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors, compared to 3rd Gen Intel Xeon processors9
Database and analytics
Accelerate insights and productivity with fast databases and analytics powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and Intel® Analytics Engines. Activate Intel® In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (Intel® IAA) to help increase query throughput. Harness the capabilities of Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (Intel® DSA), which takes on data copy and transformation operations to free CPU cycles. Together with faster memory and a larger last-level cache, these two accelerators enhance performance for in-memory databases, big data analytics, and data warehousing
Up to 3.7x higher RocksDB performance with 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors using integrated Intel IAA, compared to 3rd Gen Intel Xeon processors using Zstd1