Intel Tops AMD with a High-End 256 Thread Intel Xeon 6900P Granite Rapids AP

For the first time in around 86 months, Intel finally can claim the top spot for x86 server CPUs. With a 128 core Intel Xeon 6980P as part of the high end Xeon 6900P series, Intel now has more full performance cores than AMD EPYC. With new process technology, bigger chips, and a higher TDP, we take a look at a 512 thread system.

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00:00 Introduction

[CherryColaWizard]

In 10 years, these will be sold with knock-off motherboards and 128gb of RAM on AliExpress for less than 200 dollars. Imagine having a budget PC with that kind of power

[AlexSchendel]

As a firmware engineer who spent the last 2.5 years working on the OpenBMC features for GNR/BHS, it's great to see this product ship and get positive reviews!

[vin.k.k]

It's barely 2 weeks and AMD has responded 😅

[philosoaper]

this is Patrick from STH and THIS is expensive!

[JBits-mp]

Simplified product stack, all features enabled? Who is this company and what have they done with Intel

[DaleEarnhardtsSeatbelt]

I want one.

I'd run pihole on it.

[ProjectPhysX]

The 8800MT/s memory support is a game-changer. That is bonkers 1.7 TB/s on a dual-socket server, ideal for CFD and other HPC workloads ;)

[JeffMcJunkin]

Intel's back, baby! None of the CPU manufacturers are our friends, so some good ol-fashioned competition will do well for us all.

[Vatharian]

FINALLY Intel learned the lesson on gating features behind SKUs!

[JasonsLabVideos]

Nice work Patrick & Crew !! Watched every second !!

[kelownatechkid]

Finally the division by three mystery has been solved! thanks Patrick !

[sirdrakey]

That is a Mammoth computer! The 90s are back! I think that chip set is bigger then my phone!😅

[DarkReaper]

Don't forget that there are additional 256MB of L2 cache and that the l3 cache is shared between all cores (or at least between all cores on a tile) with Intel, compared to the 128MB L2 cache and the 32MB L3 cache per CCX on AMD. Intel is much better suited for shared memory workloads as the compute and memory is not as segmented.

[tappy]

6980P beats 9754 in performance, but not efficiency. Which sucks when you think about it, 9754 is on an older TSMC node so intel is still more than a generation behind (when you consider zen5 is round the corner).

[SirIsaacMewtonIII]

if you can't buy it it's not out yet. when is it actually SHIPPING? or buyable??

[shaun]

Do the MRDIMM' use the same ram slot as DDR5? could you upgrade a server from DDR5 to MRDIMM in the future?

[marsovac]

No mention that efficiency is still not comparable to AMD? Sure you can blast the cpu with 500W when AMD does 360W for the same core count, and win in charts, but is adding 40% more power to win by less than 30% on the best case worth it?
I bet this will force AMD to go to 500W as well, and nobody wins.

[jonissesmarchadesch]

It would be short lived since 5th generation Epyc would release in October 2024

[thenextension]

Great breakdown. This proc looks good. Thanks

[D.u.d.e.r]

You are right, Intel strikes back not just in the consumer market with Lunar Lake, but also with Xeon in the server/datacenter enterprise market. Now what matters is price vs performance and TCO in comparison to AMD and others. AMD will surely strike back as well and responds to it... competition is good - customer wins!😉