An unknown 6-core Intel chip with a new L2 cache configuration spotted in SiSoftware Sandra database

A Twitter user shared this information, posting a link to a SuperMicro X12DAi-N SMC X12 platform result registered in the SiSoft database.

At first glance, this looks like a standard, unannounced 6-core, 12-thread Intel engineering sample running at 3GHz. We've seen countless leaks of similar processors. However, this particular chip stands out due to a rather unusual L2 and L3 cache configuration for current Intel CPUs.

The unknown 6-core chip features 1.25MB of L2 cache per core, totaling 7.5MB of L2 for the entire chip. For comparison, current Intel desktop processors boast only 256KB of L2 cache per core, with a total of 1.5MB for a 6-core die. Even the top-tier Core-X series only offers 1MB of L2 per core.

Furthermore, the unannounced processor has a rather interesting 9MB L3 cache, which works out to just 1.5MB per core. However, current Intel CPUs, by contrast, offer a significantly larger 2MB of L3 per core.

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Based on earlier leaks found in the Geekbench benchmark database, the only architecture with a similar L2 and L3 cache configuration is the upcoming Intel Tiger Lake. According to official Intel information, it's expected to arrive in late 2020 or early 2021, built on a 10-nanometer process.

Source: WccfTech

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