CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Xeon 654

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 18 Cores / 36 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.1 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 72 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 200W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon w3-2525

CORE STATE Sapphire Rapids

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.5 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 22.5 MB

MAX TDP 175W

ARCHITECTURE Sapphire Rapids

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,256

2,430

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

742

342

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

21,903

10,129

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,092

1,429

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

52,150

24,117

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,362

3,404

passmark_data_compression

818,902

341,629

passmark_data_encryption

40,675

17,086

passmark_extended_instructions

63,539

27,882

passmark_find_prime_numbers

390

129

passmark_floating_point_math

163,093

68,230

passmark_integer_math

207,745

83,806

passmark_multithread

61,353

28,373

passmark_physics

5,596

1,901

passmark_random_string_sorting

82,828

34,933

passmark_single_thread

3,778

3,426

passmark_singlethread

3,778

3,426

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

654

w3-2525

Core Specs

Cores

18

8 -55.6%

Threads

36

16 -55.6%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.1

3.5 +12.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.5 -6.2%

Frequency (GHz)

3.1

3.5 +12.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.5 -6.2%

Multiplier

31

35 +12.9%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

112 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

2 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

72 MB (shared)

22.5 MB

Power

TDP (W)

200

175 -12.5%

Architecture

Architecture

Granite Rapids

Sapphire Rapids

Codename

Granite Rapids

Sapphire Rapids

Generation

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)

Process Size

5 nm

10 nm

Die Size

2x 598 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Eight-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

140.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 4710

Intel Socket 4677

Chipsets

W890

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PCIe

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 64 Lanes(CPU only)

DMI

—

4.0 x8

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

10 nm

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Interconnect

CXL

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

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Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$1199

$609

Part Number

SA2DP

SRN4J

Package

FC-LGA18N

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

96°C

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Bundled Cooler

None

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