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Intel Xeon 6972P

The Intel Xeon 6972P is a 96-core server processor from the Granite Rapids microarchitecture, released in July 2024.

The Intel Xeon 6972P is a server processor based on the Granite Rapids microarchitecture, manufactured on a 3 nm process. It features 96 cores and 192 threads, with a base clock of 2.4 GHz and a boost clock of 3.9 GHz. The processor includes 480 MB of L3 cache and supports DDR5 memory at 6400 MT/s and MRDIMM at 8800 MT/s across 12 memory channels, with ECC support. It has 96 PCIe 5.0 lanes and a TDP of 500 W. The Xeon 6972P uses the FCLGA7529 socket and supports instruction sets including Intel AMX, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512. It was released in July 2024 with a launch MSRP of $11,446.

Benchmarks

Blender Open Data score4,646.88 samples/min

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Specifications

Microarchitecture unverified Granite Rapids
Cores96
Threads192
Base clock2.4 GHz
Boost clock3.9 GHz
L3 cache480 MB
Process node3 nm
TDP / base power500 W
SocketFCLGA7529
Memory supportDDR5(6400MT/s)MRDIMM(8800MT/s)
Memory channels12
ECC memory supportYes
PCIe lanes (CPU)96
PCIe version5.0
Instruction setsIntel AMX, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Release date2024-07
Release year2024
Launch MSRP11446 USD