Does the Intel® Xeon® Processor Support Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA)?
Content Type: Product Information & Documentation | Article ID: 000034405 | Last Reviewed: 05/21/2025
Do Intel® Xeon® scalable processors support Memory Bandwidth Allocation technology?
Yes, Intel® Xeon® processors support MBA. Here is a table by generations listing the supporting documents:
|
Generation |
MBA Support |
Supporting Documents |
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1st Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Skylake) |
Yes |
"Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (Skylake) and Cascade Lake Server Processor External Design Specification (EDS) Volume Three: Electrical" |
|
2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Cascade Lake) |
Yes |
"Intel® Xeon® Scalable Family/2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Family of Processors External Design Specification, Volume One: Architecture" |
|
3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Cooper Lake/Ice Lake) |
Yes |
"3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor, Codename Ice Lake-SP External Design Specification Volume One: Architecture" |
|
4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) |
Yes |
"4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family, Codename Sapphire Rapids Architecture Specification" |
|
5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Emerald Rapids) |
Yes |
"5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family, Codename Emerald Rapids, Architecture Specification" |
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6th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Granite Rapids/Sierra Forest) |
Yes |
"Intel® Resource Director Technology Enhancements" |
MBA is a feature that is part of Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT) and is used to control and allocate memory bandwidth to different workloads, enhancing performance predictability in a shared environment.