ES Xeon Discussion

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BlueFox

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Yep, that's mine. A STH forum thread is linked at the top of that page too (or just go here). :)

I did take it upon myself to scrape all the files too (only ~30 lines in PowerShell), but since Supermicro doesn't seem to delete anything, no need to upload them for now. Best to download them directly as there's no possibility of tampering then.
 
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Does the Xeon Platinum 8124M (SRD1Y) have the ES bit set?

Any experiences or limitations on which board it's going to work? I have a spare Gigabyte MD71-HB0 that I'd like to equip with some CPUs and leftover RAM (DDR4-3200 RDIMMs, just a tiny bit decadent)
 

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Well I think if the TDP is the only issue with mobo compatibility, I'm gonna go for it. Just need more airflow to keep those VRMs nice and cool
 

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I'm considering picking up a machine with 2 Xeon Silver 4214 QRG6 2.20GHz 12C.

These are cascade lake parts, and from what I can find they aren't the same sSpec as the released variant of this processor (which is SRFB9). I think the primary difference is SRFB9 supports DDR4-2400, whereas these only go up to DDR4-2133, but I can't find much more about them.

I'd be using these for a virtualization host. Is there anything I should be concerned about for that? Since the cascade lake release was the (second!) "optimization" step of intel's "PAO" model, I'd think it'd be less likely to have issues then the others.
 

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I'm considering picking up a machine with 2 Xeon Silver 4214 QRG6 2.20GHz 12C.
QRG6 is the Silver 4214 stepping L0 QS version.
SRFB9 is Silver 4214 stepping L1 prod. unit.
(edit) there is also a 4214Y and 4214R
typicaly the QS have the same memory frq. spec. than the prod.unit. i wonder if the QRG6 can't go 2400 as the SRFB9.
 
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Good to know. Is that from https://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/QR/QRG6.html ?

I see that Xeon Silver 4214 - Intel - WikiChip lists it as the "QS" s-spec, but I don't think they list any devices as "ES", at least that I can find, so I'm uncertain if it's just "they call everything QS", or if it's actually a qualification sample, rather then an engineering sample.

Are you certain it's the QS version, rather then the ES version? I'm ok with the lower ram speed, but if there are issues with using it as a VM host it won't work for me.
 
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Are you certain it's the QS version, rather then the ES version? I'm ok with the lower ram speed, but if there are issues with using it as a VM host it won't work for me.
first a QS is a Engineering Sample too.
a QS is the final version of the (matching)production unit with same stepping only with the ES bit set.
you see i.e. in CPU-Z the full brand string and on the right the (ES) note from cpu-z. in the BIOS you see the full string too.
If you have e early ES version you see only "genuine intel" or "0000%@".
note that there are more Silver 4214 than one. ther are two steppings arround, the L0 and L1.
the QRG6 is the QS of the L0 stepping 4214.
the ram speed is not lower, sure if you put 2133Mt RAM in, it will be ran with 2133Mt.
 

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first a QS is a Engineering Sample too.
a QS is the final version of the (matching)production unit with same stepping only with the ES bit set.
Sorry, yeah, I get that. Basically, I'm worried that QRG6 is a early ES version, e.g. more likely to have issues.

the ram speed is not lower, sure if you put 2133Mt RAM in, it will be ran with 2133Mt.
At least CPU-World calls out the QRG6 as "The processor supports DDR4-2133 memory.", while the SRFB9 is documented as supporting DDR4-2400.

Mostly, is this stuff documented somewhere? That way I can answer my own questions.

I had at one point thought that the "Q" in QRG6 meant QS, but I've seen other CPUs (e.g. QHUY) that start with Q and are early ES CPUs.

Basically, how do you delineate between QS CPUs and non-QS ES CPUs?
 

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At least CPU-World calls out the QRG6 as "The processor supports DDR4-2133 memory.", while the SRFB9 is documented as supporting DDR4-2400
my QRG9 is a 5215 QS L0. the prod.unit 5215 supports 2666 and my QRG9 too.
QRG9
 

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my QRG9 is a 5215 QS L0. the prod.unit 5215 supports 2666 and my QRG9 too.
I guess my question then is if you can generalize from sequential s-spec values (is that what you're doing?). QRG6 is a 4214, QRG7 is a 4215, QRG8 is a pentium 4?, and QRG9 is 5215. It seems like they're not purely sequential.


Anyways, reading back through the last 10 thread pages, I found some of your comments about no bad ES cascade lake parts (which this is), so I think I'll pull the trigger on it.
 

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I guess my question then is if you can generalize from sequential s-spec values (is that what you're doing?). QRG6 is a 4214, QRG7 is a 4215, QRG8 is a pentium 4?, and QRG9 is 5215. It seems like they're not purely sequential.
q-spec(Qxxx PRE) not s-spec(SRxxx PRD)
yes if a QRGx is a scalable, it will be close the the other.
QRG8 is Xeon Silver 4216.
Pentium 4 QRG8 maybe wrong, but there are doubles.
note that the Q-spec has turned arround to the start already.
 
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At least CPU-World calls out the QRG6 as "The processor supports DDR4-2133 memory.", while the SRFB9 is documented as supporting DDR4-2400.
found some add. specifications. you are right, the QRG6 (L0 cpuid50657) supports only 2133Mt memory.
the SRFB9 is stepping L1 cpuid50657 and supports 2400Mt.