Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology for safer computing is a versatile set of hardware extensions to Intel® processors and chipsets that enhance the digital office platform with security capabilities such as measured launch and protected execution. It enables an environment where applications can run within their own space, protected from all other software on the system.

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

Intel® 64
Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software. ¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.

Cache
CPU Cache is an area of fast memory located on the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last level cache.

Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) are a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption. AES-NI are valuable for a wide range of cryptographic applications, for example: applications that perform bulk encryption/decryption, authentication, random number generation, and authenticated encryption.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it, and increased energy efficiency when you don’t.

Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency is the maximum single-core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and, if present, Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 and Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.

Execute Disable Bit
Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful software from executing and propagating on the server or network.

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner.

Instruction Set
An instruction set refers to the basic set of commands and instructions that a microprocessor understands and can carry out. The value shown represents which Intel’s instruction set this processor is compatible with.

Intel vPro® Platform Eligibility
The Intel vPro® platform is a set of hardware and technologies used to build business computing endpoints with premium performance, built-in security, modern manageability and platform stability.


Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory and power overhead costs and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. Conventional Intel SpeedStep® Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology builds upon that architecture using design strategies such as Separation between Voltage and Frequency Changes, and Clock Partitioning and Recovery.

Intel® Speed Shift Technology
Intel® Speed Shift Technology uses hardware-controlled P-states to deliver dramatically quicker responsiveness with single-threaded, transient (short duration) workloads, such as web browsing, by allowing the processor to more quickly select its best operating frequency and voltage for optimal performance and power efficiency.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency is the maximum single core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) provide applications the ability to create hardware enforced trusted execution protection for their applications’ sensitive routines and data. Intel® SGX provides developers a way to partition their code and data into CPU hardened trusted execution environments (TEE’s).

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)
A new set of embedded processor technologies designed to accelerate AI deep learning use cases. It extends Intel AVX-512 with a new Vector Neural Network Instruction (VNNI) that significantly increases deep learning inference performance over previous generations.

Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions are additional instructions which can increase performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These can include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions).

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 identifies the best performing core(s) on a processor and provides increased performance on those cores through increasing frequency as needed by taking advantage of power and thermal headroom. Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 frequency is the clock frequency of the CPU when running in this mode.

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 identifies the best performing core(s) on a processor and provides increased performance on those cores through increasing frequency as needed by taking advantage of power and thermal headroom.

Intel® Total Memory Encryption
TME – Total Memory Encryption (TME) helps protect data against exposure via physical attack on memory, such as cold-boot attacks.

Max # of UPI Links
Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links are a high speed, point-to-point interconnect bus between the processors, delivering increased bandwidth and performance over Intel® QPI.

# of AVX-512 FMA Units
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512), new instruction set extensions, delivering ultra-wide (512-bit) vector operations capabilities, with up to 2 FMAs (Fused Multiply Add instructions), to accelerate performance for your most demanding computational tasks.

Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)
Intel® RDT brings new levels of visibility and control over how shared resources such as last-level cache (LLC) and memory bandwidth are used by applications, virtual machines (VMs) and containers.

Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory Supported
Intel® Optane™ persistent memory is a revolutionary tier of non-volatile memory that sits between memory and storage to provide large, affordable memory capacity that is comparable to DRAM performance.   Delivering large system-level memory capacity when combined with traditional DRAM, Intel Optane persistent memory is helping transform critical memory constrained workloads – from cloud, databases, in-memory analytics, virtualization, and content delivery networks.

Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC)
Mode-based Execute Control can more reliably verify and enforce the integrity of kernel level code.

Intel® Boot Guard
Intel® Device Protection Technology with Boot Guard helps protect the system’s pre-OS environment from viruses and malicious software attacks.

Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology
CET - Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) helps protect against the misuse of legitimate code snippets through return-oriented programming (ROP) control-flow hijacking attacks.

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel® TSX) are a set of instructions that add hardware transactional memory support to improve performance of multi-threaded software.

Specification

Product
Product id	889189
Brand	Intel
Partnr	PK8071305129101
EAN/UPC code
Warranty (months)	36 months
Processor
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor family	Intel Xeon W
Processor model	w3-2425
Processor codename	Sapphire Rapids
Box	N
Processor socket	FCLGA4677
Processor cores	6
Processor threads	12
Performance cores	6
Processor base frequency	3 GHz
Processor boost frequency	4.4 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
Processor cache	15 MB
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Stepping	S3
Bus type	DMI4
Maximum turbo power	156 W
Processor base power	130 W
Processor ARK ID	233485
Memory
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	2000 GB
Memory types supported by processor	DDR5-SDRAM
Memory channels	Quad-channel
ECC	Y
Graphics
On-board graphics adapter	N
Discrete graphics adapter	N
On-board graphics adapter model	Not available
Discrete graphics adapter model	Not available
Features
Execute Disable Bit	Y
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	64
Use conditions	Workstation
PCI Express slots version	5.0
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.1, AMX, SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AVX-512
Direct Media Interface (DMI) Revision	4.0
Scalability	1S
CPU configuration (max)	1
Embedded options available	N
Market segment	Workstation
Harmonized System (HS) code	8542310001
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)	5A992C
Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS)	G180729
Processor special features
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)	Y
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology	Y
Intel Trusted Execution Technology	Y
Intel® Speed Shift Technology	Y
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)	Y
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 frequency	4.4 GHz
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 frequency	4 GHz
Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions	Y
Intel® Total Memory Encryption	Y
Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Supported	N
Intel® Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET)	Y
AVX-512 Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) units	2
Intel® Boot Guard	Y
Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support	Y
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)	Y
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility	Y
Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)	N
Intel® Virtualization Technology with Redirect Protection (VT-rp)	Y
Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT)	Y
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)	Y
Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0	Y
Intel® OS Guard	Y
Intel® Remote Platform Erase (RPE)	N
Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)	Y
Intel® One-Click Recovery	N
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)	Y
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)	Y
Intel 64	Y
Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX)	N
Intel® Total Memory Encryption - Multi Key	N
Intel® Threat Detection Technology (TDT)	N
Intel® QuickAssist Software Acceleration	N
Intel vPro® Enterprise Platform Eligibility	Y
Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT)	0 default devices
Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB)	0 default devices
Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA)	1 default devices
Intel® In-memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA)	0 default devices
Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX)	Y
Operational conditions
Tcase	64 °C
DTS Max	83 °C
Technical details
Package carrier	E1B
Memory speed (max)	4400 MHz
Launch date	Q1'23
Status	Launched
Weight & dimensions
Processor package size	77.5 x 56.5 mm
Other features
Maximum internal memory	2000 GB