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Intel
XEON SUFFIX MEANINGS
The different letter suffixes at the end of the Xeon processor names tell you a little about the chip’s features.
- E: Embedded
- H: Large memory support (up to 1.12 TB per socket)
- HL: Large memory support (up to 4.5 TB)
- L: Large memory support (up to 4.5 TB)
- M: Medium memory support (up to 2 TB)
- N: Networking specialized
- P: Performance and power
- R: Refresh (high performance)
- S: Search optimized
- T: Thermal / long life cycle / low power
- U: Uniprocessor
- V: Virtual machine density optimized
- Y: Speed select
gen4: Intel Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids"
gen3: Gen Xeon Scalable "Ice Lake"
gen2R: gen Xeon Scalable "Cascade Lake Refresh "
gen2: gen Xeon Scalable "Cascade Lake"
gen1: Xeon Scalable "Sky Lake"
