Intel has just announced the launch of ten new CPUs based on the Rocket Lake architecture for servers. This is the first update to its Xeon 2000 series since the launch of the previous generation Coffee Lake-E Xeon E-2200 family in the second quarter of 2019. The new line of Rocket Lake Xeon E-2300 CPUs ranges from a Xeon E-2314 quad-core from 182 up to an eight-core E-2388G.
All of these new Rocket Lake Xeon E-2300 CPUs are powered by Intel's latest Cypress Cove etched in the 14nm process. These are entry-level server CPUs, aimed more at small businesses that want to upgrade their digital infrastructure rather than relying on data centers.
New Intel Server CPUs
The Xeon E-2300s are available in 4-, 6- or 8-core configurations and use HyperThreading. It has been excluded from the two-socket offerings; so only one socket motherboards will be available from Intel partners. This new series has models ranging from a quad-core Xeon E-2314 for $ 182 to an eight-core E-2388G priced at $ 539.
The Xeon E-2300 uses Cypress Cove cores, which rework the Sunny Cove cores that Intel implemented in its Ice Lake mobile architecture at the most cost-effective 14nm node. Other platform enhancements include support for up to 128GB of DDR4 ECC memory in a dual-channel configuration, with maximum DDR4-3200 speeds supported, an increase over the Xeon E-4 series DDR2666-2200 support. Gen 12 Xe-LP graphics are now also enabled on some members of the Xeon E-2300 family. However, there is only support for direct viewing, which is still a notable improvement over the previous generation that didn't even offer that viewing ability.
Intel claims a performance increase of up to 17% compared to the previous generation (Coffee Lake-E), although interestingly, Intel does not indicate if that is clock for clock. To generate that statistic, Intel tested one of Xeon's newest inputs, the Xeon E-2378G processor (eight cores, 16 threads, and the second best model available in Intel's E-2300 family) against the Xeon E-2278G (the second best eight-core model available in Intel's E-2200 lineup).
Source: Tom's Hardware
