Intel Launches 24-core Broadwell-EX Xeon CPU

Intel Launches 24-core Broadwell-EX Xeon CPU

| Source: Tomshardware Author: Mark Campbell

Intel Launches 24-core Broadwell-EX Xeon CPU

Intel has launched a new range of Broadwell-E Xeon CPUs which offers models with up to 24 cores and 48 threads, making their new flagship Xeon more powerful than two Broadwell-E 6950X 10-core CPUs.

This is a huge increase in core count when compared to their previous Haswell-EX series of CPUs, which offered up to 18 cores and 36 threads. Intel with Broadwell-E has moved to their new 14nm processing node, allowing them to fit more transistors into a smaller space, making this increase in core count possible.

These new CPUs will be socket compatible with previous generation Intel E7 v3 platforms with a BIOS update, similar to how Broadwell-E on the desktop is compatible with existing X99 motherboards.

These CPUs have only 32 PCIe 3.0 lanes each, rather than the maximum provided in Intel's E5 Xeon series or Intel's X99 Broadwell-E series CPUs. These CPUs are designed to be used in Multi-socket configurations, typically quad socket or more, allowing users to increase the available PCIe lanes by using more CPUs.

This series of CPUs can be used in up to 32 socket configurations with third-party node controllers, with Intel supporting up to 8 socket configurations natively. An 8 socket configuration using Intel's 22-core Xeon E7-8890 v4 would feature a total of 176 total CPU cores.

Cores/Threads Core clock Turbo Clock L3 Cache QPI TDP MSRP Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 24/48 2.2GHz 3.4GHz 60MB 9.6GT/s 165W $7174 Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 22/44 2.2GHz 3.3GHz 55MB 9.6GT/s 150W $5895 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v4 20/40 2.1GHz 3.0GHz 50MB 9.6GT/s 140W $4672 Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 18/36 2.2GHz 3.2GHz 45MB 9.6GT/s 140W $4061 Intel Xeon E7-8855 v4 14/28 2.1GHz 2.8GHz 35MB 9.6GT/s 140W - Intel Xeon E7-8867 v4 18/36 2.4GHz 3.3GHz 45MB 9.6GT/s 165W $4672 Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4 10/20 2.8GHz 3.5GHz 60MB 9.6GT/s 165W $6842 Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4 4/8 3.2GHz 3.5GHz 60MB 9.6GT/s 140W $6841 Intel Xeon E7-4850 v4 16/36 2.1GHz 2.8GHz 40MB 8.0GT/s 115W $3003 Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4 14/28 2.0GHz 2.8GHz 35MB 8.0GT/s 115W $2170 Intel Xeon E7-4820 v4 10/20 2.0GHz - 25MB 6.4GT/s 115W $1502 Intle Xeon E7-4809 v4 8/16 2.1GHz - 20MB 6.4GT/s 115W $1223

While these new CPUs are not designed for consumer use, it is still very interesting to see what is available in the extreme end of the server market. Will we eventually see 24 cores on a desktop CPU?

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Intel has launched a new Xeon CPU that offers 24 CPU cores that run at up to 3.4GHz.https://t.co/YeoF4WybQJ pic.twitter.com/434tZZ1GIH — OC3D (@OC3D) June 7, 2016

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