Intel's upcoming Xeon 696X workstation chip just got leaked with 64 cores and boost speeds hitting 4.6 GHz on the Granite Rapids platform. The processor showed up in SiSoftware benchmarks running on an AdLink rack system and posted a 46 percent performance jump over the current flagship Xeon W9-3495X in multimedia tests.
The unlocked chip packs 336 MB of L3 cache and 128 MB of L2 cache while running a 350W TDP, which is actually lower than the 385W rating on the existing top-end Sapphire Rapids workstation part. Against AMD's 64-core Threadripper Pro 7985WX, the Intel chip came out slightly behind in overall CPU scores, and the newer Zen 5-based Threadripper 9980X absolutely smoked both of them in early testing.
The unlocked chip packs 336 MB of L3 cache and 128 MB of L2 cache while running a 350W TDP, which is actually lower than the 385W rating on the existing top-end Sapphire Rapids workstation part. Against AMD's 64-core Threadripper Pro 7985WX, the Intel chip came out slightly behind in overall CPU scores, and the newer Zen 5-based Threadripper 9980X absolutely smoked both of them in early testing.
