On Intel’s side, in addition to its collaboration with OCCT, the company has announced the launch of a new series of processors. It is launching its Xeon 600 series, a range designed for workstations, all equipped with a single socket. The number of cores is also increasing, and the stated goal is to compete with AMD’s Threadripper Pro 9000 processors!
Xeon 600 Series: Intel launches new serverCPUs!
With this new series of processors, Intel is offering a range of eleven new models. All of them feature Redwood Cove cores, P-Cores only. The number of cores ranges from 12 to 86 for the largest model, the 698X. But that’s not all, because the whole range, like any good server platform worth its salt, features 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes and eight DDR5 memory channels. Up to 4 TB of memory is managed by the whole range, with a maximum speed of 6400 MT/s. In terms of cache, we’re talking about improved L3 capacity: up to 336 MB for the largest models in the series.
In terms of frequency, the fastest CPUs clock in at up to 4.9 GHz in Turbo Boost Max 3.0. This is the case for the Xeon 678X (48 cores), 676X (32 cores), 674X (28 cores), and 658X (24 cores). In contrast, the flagship 698X will run at up to 4.8 GHz maximum. It’s also worth noting that the maximum TDP is 350W.
Finally, we’ll highlight the support for features specific to professional CPUs. For example, vPro Enterprise technology is supported, as are AVX-512, AMX, andDeep Learning Boost to improve performance during AI-related workloads.
In terms of performance, compared to the W-2500 and W-3500 series, Intel claims up to 9% improvement in single-core performance and 61% in multi-core performance. These are impressive gains, especially for multithreaded workloads!
Finally, prices start at $499 for the Xeon 634, the twelve-core (4.6 GHz) model, and go up to $7,699 for the 698X with 86 cores.
