Last week with the launch of the Intel Xeon 6900P " [1]Granite Rapids " processors, Intel didn't disclose their list prices... Today they added the Granite Rapids list prices to their ARK database. With Granite Rapids making Intel much more competitive to the AMD EPYC competition and over prior generation Xeon CPUs, these new processors are commanding a higher price tag with the Xeon 6980P topping out at $17,800 USD.

The Intel Xeon 6980P 128-core flagship processor has a list price posted today of $17,800 USD. Granted, the hyperscalers and large customers often get their server processors well below list prices.

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The prior generation Xeon Platinum 8592+ Emerald Rapids processor had a list price of $11,600 USD. The AMD EPYC 9754 "Bergamo" 128-core processor meanwhile has a list price of $11,900 USD and the EPYC 9684X Genoa-X processor had a $14,756 price tag. Being well past launch, the EPYC 9684X can be found from some online retailers for around $6k USD and the EPYC 9754 around $4k.

The [3]other Granite Rapids CPUs include the Xeon 6960P at $13,750 USD, Xeon 6979P at $15,750, the Xeon 6972P at $14,600, and the Xeon 6952P at $11,400 USD. The lower-tier Granite Rapids SKUs aren't coming out until next year.

Again these are just the list prices while we'll see how the customer pricing plays out over the coming weeks and months. It will also be interesting to see where the upcoming AMD EPYC 5th Gen "Turin" pricing comes in against these elevated Granite Rapids prices.

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In case you missed any of them, be sure to check out the [5]Xeon 6980P benchmarks on Phoronix with more 1P/2P tests on the way. It's pricey but does boast [6]MRDIMM support , excellent performance for AMX / AI workloads, and very competitive against current AMD EPYC processors in the likes of HPC and other heavy server workloads. Granite Rapids is an especially big upgrade in performance and power efficiency compared to prior generation Xeon Scalable processors. Now knowing the pricing, it will also be interesting to look at the performance-per-dollar.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Granite+Rapids

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2024&image=xeon_6980p_price_lrg

[3] https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/128428/products-formerly-granite-rapids.html

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2024&image=xeon_6980p_lrg

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Xeon+6980P

[6] https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-xeon6-mrdimm-ddr5