Intel Xeon "Sapphire Rapids" LGA4677-X Processor Sample Pictured

btarunr · Feb 4, 2021

Here are some of the first pictures of the humongous Intel Xeon "Sapphire Rapids-SP" processor, in the flesh. Pictured by YuuKi-AnS on Chinese micro-blogging site bilibili, the engineering sample looks visibly larger than an AMD EPYC. Bound for 2021, this processor will leverage the latest generation of Intel's 10 nm Enhanced SuperFin silicon fabrication node, the latest I/O that include 8-channel DDR5 memory, a large number of PCI-Express gen 5.0 lanes, and ComputeXpress Link (CXL) interconnect. Perhaps the most interesting bit of information from the YuuKi-AnS has to be the mention of an on-package high-bandwidth memory solution. The processors will introduce an IPC uplift over "Ice Lake-SP" processors, as they use the newer "Willow Cove" CPU cores.

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ThermoCycle · Feb 4, 2021

Anime CPU

kayjay010101 · Feb 4, 2021

Now this is literally a ~~dick~~ CPU size measuring competition!

ZoneDymo · Feb 4, 2021

so from Avengers to Anime editions?

Toothless · Feb 4, 2021

You're gonna measure clocks in anime girls.

"Yeah I got an all core clock of 3.2 anime girls! It screams 'senpai' when I fully load it."

ViperXTR · Feb 4, 2021

Waifu edition

pky · Feb 4, 2021

YuuKi-AnS: You're supposed to look at the engineering sample CPU I've shared! *angry*
Everyone: anime girls go brrr

ZoneDymo · Feb 4, 2021

Toothless said:
You're gonna measure clocks in anime girls.

"Yeah I got an all core clock of 3.2 anime girls! It screams 'senpai' when I fully load it."

Must be what they meant with "real world" benchmarks

Tomgang · Feb 4, 2021

Soon there will be review from Gamer Nexus with Xeon waifu edition. I mean gamer nexus has review several graphics cards. So why not a CPU to

dicktracy · Feb 4, 2021

You're saying it's Willow Cove, but some websites are saying it's Golden Cove. Which is it? It's using DDR5 and PCIe 5.0, so all signs are pointing towards Golden Cove.

silentbogo · Feb 4, 2021

So-o-o-o mu-u-u-uch glue

Even last time around they had to play with numbers, semantics, and marketing blabber just to make their 400+W $50K monstrosity look competitive.
Today, instead of 2x28c we get 4x14c with faster interconnect.

TumbleGeorge · Feb 4, 2021

Well! What will be answer from AMD to beat this monster? Epyc X2 crossfire edition?

TheUn4seen · Feb 4, 2021

Waifu themed CPUs? I kind of approve.

efikkan · Feb 4, 2021

dicktracy said:
You're saying it's Willow Cove, but some websites are saying it's Golden Cove. Which is it? It's using DDR5 and PCIe 5.0, so all signs are pointing towards Golden Cove.

Intel are saying it's a new architecture, and Sapphire Rapids has been known as the successor of Ice Lake for many years. Jim Keller also said the front-end is significantly bigger than Sunny Cove, while Willow Cove is just a small improvement over Sunny Cove. So I believe Sapphire Rapids is Golden Cove (or another relative we don't know of yet).

But there are contradictory information from Wccftech etc. claiming it's Willow Cove, but with zero sources as always.

ZoneDymo · Feb 4, 2021

TumbleGeorge said:
Well! What will be answer from AMD to beat this monster? Epyc X2 crossfire edition?

Pretty sure just Epyc will be plenty

Vayra86 · Feb 4, 2021

TumbleGeorge said:
Well! What will be answer from AMD to beat this monster? Epyc X2 crossfire edition?

Do they even need an answer?

SadisticWaifu · Feb 4, 2021

So how many tubes of thermal paste to you need for one of these? I mean, buying a bulk of thermal grease doesn't seem too bad now.

Bansaku · Feb 4, 2021

Vayra86 said:
Do they even need an answer?

Caring1 · Feb 4, 2021

Pedo edition.
Just my opinion on supposedly grown men that like anime.

KarymidoN · Feb 4, 2021

TumbleGeorge said:
Well! What will be answer from AMD to beat this monster? Epyc X2 crossfire edition?

wait to see a single ZEN3 EPYC Milan 64c/128t smashes this

lexluthermiester · Feb 4, 2021

silentbogo said:
Today, instead of 2x28c we get 4x14c with faster interconnect.

Is that a bad thing?

Caring1 said:
Pedo edition.
Just my opinion on supposedly grown men that like anime.

Really? Shows what little you know about anime.

Tsukiyomi91 · Feb 5, 2021

Nice mouse mat. I mean... nice ES Xeon CPU. :roll:

1d10t · Feb 5, 2021

So Intel will have 28 legs 56 tentacles that scream 5 Gigasenpai socketed in yamete 4677.

ZoneDymo · Feb 5, 2021

Caring1 said:
Pedo edition.
Just my opinion on supposedly grown men that like anime.

Well then I take it you think the same of grown men who like Stranger Things?

silentbogo · Feb 5, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Is that a bad thing?

The whole point is that at best it's the exact same thing. At worst - issues with interconnect or scheduler.

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