An Intel Xeon 696X engineering sample showed up in PassMark, showing 32 cores, but the benchmark software is definitely reading the chip wrong since early firmware and provisional microcode tend to confuse detection tools when new architectures land. The multi-threaded scores match what you would expect from fewer cores than the chip actually has, and single-threaded numbers are basically useless at this stage since power management and boost behavior are still getting dialed in before retail silicon ships.
This is not the first time the 696X has leaked with wonky specs, which means Intel is still validating the platform, and benchmark tools have not caught up yet. Anyone waiting on real Xeon workstation performance data needs to chill until the architecture gets proper software support and production chips actually drop.
This is not the first time the 696X has leaked with wonky specs, which means Intel is still validating the platform, and benchmark tools have not caught up yet. Anyone waiting on real Xeon workstation performance data needs to chill until the architecture gets proper software support and production chips actually drop.
