Intel has introduced new Xeon 6 processors with P-cores, expanding its portfolio to address a broad range of data center and network infrastructure workloads. According to the chipmaker, the new lineup will primarily serve artificial intelligence (AI), telecommunications, and enterprise networking applications.
Intel Xeon 6 Series
The new Xeon 6700/6500 series processors with P-cores offer up to 1.4x better performance than the previous generation; when compared to 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors, Intel says the new Xeon chips achieve up to 1.5x better AI inference performance on chip while using fewer cores. Improved perf-per-watt also enables further server consolidation, with potential TCO savings of up to 68%.
For network and edge applications, the Intel Xeon 6 system-on-chip (SoC) provides high performance with built-in accelerators for virtualized radio access networks (vRAN), AI, media processing, and network security. Xeon 6 delivers up to 2.4x the RAN capacity and a 70% improvement in performance-per-watt compared to previous generations through the new Intel vRAN Boost feature; the chip also integrates Intel’s Media Transcode Accelerator that enables up to 14x perf-per-watt improvement over Intel Xeon 6538N.
The chipmaker has also introduced new Ethernet controllers and network adapters to support enterprise, telecommunications, cloud, high-performance computing (HPC), edge, and AI applications – the Intel Ethernet E830 series delivers up to 200GbE bandwidth, flexible port configurations, and advanced timing features like Precision Time Measurement (PTM), while the E610 series offers 10GBASE-T connectivity optimized for control plane operations with enhanced power efficiency and security features.
Pokdepinion: That’s good progress in keeping up with AMD’s core count dominance in the server market at this moment.
