ThinkSystem servers incorporate Intel Xeon Scalable Family processors to enable critical business workloads and applications. The Intel scalable design provides significant improvement in performance, advanced reliability, scalability and hardware-enhanced security. Enhancements include higher per-core performance, greater memory bandwidth, expanded I/O, and improved security. This page allows you compare the features of the processors.
Memory | Memory channels | Octa-channel |
 | Maximum internal memory supported by processor | 4000 GB |
| Memory types supported by processor | DDR4-SDRAM |
| ECC | Yes |
Processor special features | Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) | Yes |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 |
| Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) | Yes |
| Intel Trusted Execution Technology | Yes |
| Intel® Speed Shift Technology | Yes |
| Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions | Yes |
| Intel® Total Memory Encryption | Yes |
| Intel® Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) | Yes |
| Intel® Crypto Acceleration | Yes |
| Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support | Yes |
| Maximum Enclave Size Support for Intel® SGX | 512 GB |
| Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes |
| Intel® OS Guard | Yes |
| Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) | Yes |
| Intel 64 | Yes |
| Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
| Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes |
| AVX-512 Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) units | 2 |
| Intel® Boot Guard | Yes |
| Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) | Yes |
| Intel® Speed Select technology - Performance Profile (Intel® SST-PP) | Yes |
| Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT) | Yes |
| Intel® Run Sure Technology | Yes |
| Mode-based Execute Control (MBE) | Yes |
| Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Supported | Yes |
| Intel® Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency (Intel® SST-BF) | Yes |
| Intel® QuickAssist Software Acceleration | Yes |
| Intel® On Demand Feature Activation | Yes |
| Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA) | 1 default devices |
| Intel® In-memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA) | 1 default devices |
| Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) | Yes |
Features | Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
| Market segment | Server |
| Use conditions | Server/Enterprise |
| Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 80 |
| PCI Express slots version | 5.0 |
| Supported instruction sets | AMX, AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE4.2 |
| Scalability | S4S |
| Embedded options available | Yes |
Technical details | Number of UPI links | 3 |
Operational conditions | Tcase | 81 °C |
| DTS Max | 94 °C |
Processor | Processor family | Intel® Xeon® Gold |
| Processor cores | 24 |
| Processor socket | LGA 4677 (Socket E) |
| Processor lithography | 10 nm |
| Processor manufacturer | Intel |
| Processor model | 6418H |
| Processor base frequency | 2.1 GHz |
| Processor operating modes | 64-bit |
| Processor generation | Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen |
| Processor series | Intel Xeon Gold 6000 Series |
| Processor threads | 48 |
| System bus rate | 16 GT/s |
| Processor boost frequency | 4 GHz |
| High priority cores | 8 |
| High priority core frequency | 2.3 GHz |
| Low priority cores | 16 |
| Low priority core frequency | 1.9 GHz |
| Processor cache | 60 MB |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 185 W |
| Stepping | S3 |
| Processor codename | Sapphire Rapids |
Graphics | On-board graphics card model | Not available |
| Discrete graphics card model | Not available |