CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Xeon 658X

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 48 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 144 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 250W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 6740E

CORE STATE Sierra Forest

CORE SPECS 96 Cores / 96 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 3.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 96 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 250W

ARCHITECTURE Sierra Forest

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

6,296

6,525

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

888

921

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

26,235

27,191

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,703

3,838

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

62,466

64,741

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

8,818

9,140

passmark_data_compression

1,062,062

1,786,845

passmark_data_encryption

52,357

137,106

passmark_extended_instructions

84,626

78,968

passmark_find_prime_numbers

649

526

passmark_floating_point_math

210,480

309,333

passmark_integer_math

263,995

457,614

passmark_multithread

73,490

76,167

passmark_physics

6,470

7,608

passmark_random_string_sorting

103,028

220,684

passmark_single_thread

3,728

1,997

passmark_singlethread

3,728

1,997

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

658X

6740E

Core Specs

Cores

24

96 +300.0%

Threads

48

96 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

2.4 -20.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

3.2 -34.7%

Frequency (GHz)

3

2.4 -20.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

3.2 -34.7%

Multiplier

30

24 -20.0%

SMP CPUs

1

2 +100.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

112 KB (per core)

96 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

2 MB (per core)

4 MB (per module)

L3 Cache

144 MB (shared)

96 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

250

250 0.0%

Architecture

Architecture

Granite Rapids

Sierra Forest

Codename

Granite Rapids

Sierra Forest

Generation

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Xeon 6 (Sierra Forest-SP)

Process Size

5 nm

5 nm

Die Size

2x 598 mm²

578 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Eight-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 4710

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

W890

—

PCIe

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 88 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

10 nm

10 nm

Interconnect

UPI Links

—

4 x24 20 GT/s

CXL

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Gen 2.0, 64 Lanes (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$1699

$5265

Part Number

SA2D2

SRPFV

Package

FC-LGA18N

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

99°C

106°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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