Intel Xeon 6

Intel Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids and Sierra Forrest)

Today’s server environment is very diverse with a wide range of mission critical workloads that require more than just considering core count. Today’s server processors require technologies that will maximize performance across diverse use cases, reduce power consumption, optimize AI, improve density, and run workloads in a highly secure environment.

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The Intel Xeon 6 processor family is designed to address both the high performing compute intensive server market that excels at a broad spectrum of workloads and the high core count server markets that need to optimize density and energy efficiency.

With that, Intel has introduced two families of Intel Xeon 6 which includes Intel Xeon 6 P-Core and Intel Xeon 6 E-Core. While these processors have two completely different microarchitectures they do share many similar technologies such as the inclusion of function specific accelerators as well as Intel SGX and Intel TDX for hardened security. Unlike their desktop counterparts where the P-Cores and E-Cores are integrated on the same processor die, the Intel Xeon 6 P-Core and E-Core processors are two different products that are either P-Core or E-Core only.

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Intel Xeon 6 P- Core (Granite Rapids)

Intel Xeon 6 P-Core processors are the traditional Xeon class products that are optimized for high performance compute intensive workloads including AI and other general purpose applications providing up to 2x the performance gain over Intel 5th Generation Scalable Xeon.

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Intel Xeon 6 P-Core Features

  • Up to 128 Performance Cores and 256 Threads
  • Up to 3TB of DDR5-6400 Memory
  • 12 Memory Channels
  • Up to 96 PCIe Lanes
  • Up to 64 CXL 2.0 Lanes
  • Integrated Intel Advanced Matrix Extension to speed up AI Inferencing based on INT8, BF16, and the newly added FP16

  • Support for MRDIMM which delivers more than 37 percent greater memory bandwidth than RDIMMs, with an expected data transfer rate of up to 8,800 megatransfers per second (MT/s)

  • Up to 504 MB L3 cache and exceptionally low latency at large L3 access sizes.
  • Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX512) to boost vector math common to HPC and classical AI workloads.
  • Integrated Accelerators including Intel Quick Assist, Intel Dynamic Load Balancer, Intel Data Streaming Accelerator, and Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator
  • Intel Advanced Security including Intel Software Guard Extensions and Intel Trusted Domain Extensions

Intel Xeon E-Core (Sierra Rapids)

Intel Xeon processors with E-cores are optimized for high core density and exceptional performance per watt, delivering distinct advantages for cloud-scale workloads that demand high task-parallel throughput.

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Intel Xeon 6 E-Core Features

  • Up to 288 Efficiency Cores (No Hyperthreading)
  • Up to 1TB or 3TB of DDR5-6400 Memory
  • 8 to 12 Memory Channels
  • 88 to 96 PCIe Lanes
  • Up to 216 MB L3 cache and exceptionally low latency at large L3 access sizes.
  • Intel AVX2 with VNNI and fast up/down convert for BF16 and FP16 enabling better AI compatibility
  • Integrated Accelerators including Intel Quick Assist, Intel Dynamic Load Balancer, Intel Data Streaming Accelerator, and Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator

  • Intel Advanced Security including Intel Software Guard Extensions and Intel Trusted Domain Extensions

    Note: Intel Xeon 6 E-Core Processors do NOT support Intel AMX, Intel AVX512, Hyperthreading, or MRDIMMS

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ASI

ASI has partnerships with a broad list of server ODMs such as ASUS, ASRock, MiTAC, GIGABYTE, and Supermicro, who provide base server platforms and complete server systems that utilize the latest Intel technologies including the Intel Xeon 6 Processor family. Being able to provide an extensive portfolio of partners gives our resellers the ability to differentiate their brand, create more value, and extend their markets

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ASUS, ASRock, MiTAC, GIGABYTE, Supermicro