CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Xeon 6521P

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 48 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.6 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 144 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 225W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 696X

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 64 Cores / 128 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 336 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 350W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,711

8,994

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

806

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,796

37,475

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,359

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,658

89,227

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,998

N/A

passmark_data_compression

967,721

2,264,907

passmark_data_encryption

51,221

112,529

passmark_extended_instructions

72,820

172,975

passmark_find_prime_numbers

560

853

passmark_floating_point_math

178,828

450,164

passmark_integer_math

246,263

572,072

passmark_multithread

66,657

104,974

passmark_physics

5,972

3,382

passmark_random_string_sorting

104,517

180,392

passmark_single_thread

3,238

3,742

passmark_singlethread

3,238

3,742

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

6521P

696X

Core Specs

Cores

24

64 +166.7%

Threads

48

128 +166.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.6

2.4 -7.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.1

4.8 +17.1%

Frequency (GHz)

2.6

2.4 -7.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.1

4.8 +17.1%

Multiplier

26

24 -7.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

112 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

2 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

144 MB (shared)

336 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

225

350 +55.6%

Architecture

Architecture

Granite Rapids

Granite Rapids

Codename

Granite Rapids

Granite Rapids

Generation

Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids-SP)

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

5 nm

5 nm

Die Size

598 mm²

2x 598 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

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W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 136 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

10 nm

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

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

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$1250

$5599

Part Number

SRVNS

SRWQ7

Package

FC-LGA18N

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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