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Intel Atom P5921B

8C/8T

The Atom P5921B is the entry 8-core model of the Atom P5900 family, Intel's first 10 nm system-on-chip designed for 5G wireless base stations, launched in the first quarter of 2020. Built on Tremont cores codenamed Snow Ridge, it runs at a fixed 2.2 GHz and integrates Ethernet, Intel QuickAssist Technology for cryptography and compression offload, up to sixteen SATA ports and USB 3.0. Unlike its siblings it supports a single DDR4 memory channel.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Atom P5921B
Segment
Server
Generation
Atom P5900 (Snow Ridge)
Codename
Snow Ridge
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Tremont
Release date
2020

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
8 cores / 8 threads
Base clock
2.20 GHz
Boost clock
—
TDP (design W)
—
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
9 MB
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
10 nm
10 nm

Platform

Socket
—
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
None
Memory type
DDR4-2933
1-channel
Memory size
Up to 64 GB
ECC memory
✓ Yes
PCIe
PCIe 3.0 (32 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
SSE4.2AES-NI
NPU
None

OS support

Linux
UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes
Atom P-series network and edge processors do not appear on Microsoft's supported processor lists for Windows 10 22H2 or Windows 11 24H2, 25H2 and 26H2. Equipment built on them typically runs Linux-based networking and virtualization software, and mainstream Linux distributions support them.
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