Intel Atom P5962B: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Atom P5962B sales 24 February 2020. This is a Snow Ridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 24 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.2 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA 2106 processor. It supports DDR4 memory.
Primary details
Atom P5962B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Snow Ridge (2020) | |
| Release date | 24 February 2020 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 24 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 96 KB (Xeon 6990E+) |
| L2 cache | 4.5 MB (per module) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 27 MB L2 Cache | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 1.8 nm (Core Ultra 7 366H) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom P5962B compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | Intel BGA 2106 |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom P5962B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| QuickAssist | + | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| GPIO | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Boot | + | |
| SGX | - |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Atom P5962B's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Atom P5962B.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX) |
| PCI Express lanes | 32 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
| PCI support | 16x PCIe 3.0, 16x PCIe 2.0 | |
| USB revision | 2.0, 3.0 | |
| Total number of SATA ports | 16 | |
| Integrated IDE | - | |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | |
| Integrated LAN | + | |
| UART | 3 |
