Intel Xeon 6511P 16c/32t 2.3GHz-4.2GHz 150W (PK8072006398801)

Intel Xeon 6511P Processor for Balanced Enterprise Compute and High-Bandwidth Memory Workloads

The Intel Xeon 6511P is part of the Xeon 6 “Granite Rapids” generation and is engineered for environments that require strong parallel throughput while maintaining predictable latency and power efficiency. With 16 cores, 32 threads and a 2.3 GHz base frequency, it targets enterprise compute layers, distributed systems and analytics workloads where consistent scaling and memory performance are fundamental.

Its 72 MB of L3 cache and eight-channel DDR5-6400 memory subsystem allow the processor to sustain workloads involving in-memory analytics, JVM runtimes, distributed data grids, rule engines and time-series analytics. Applications that were previously constrained by DDR4 bandwidth often see substantial improvements when migrating to Granite Rapids platforms.

With support for up to 136 PCIe 5.0 lanes in single-socket configurations, the 6511P enables diverse expansion options — NVMe storage, 200–400 GbE network cards, SmartNICs, DPUs and AI accelerators — while maintaining a 150 W TDP suitable for dense datacenter deployments. This makes it a strong fit for Kubernetes clusters, microservice platforms and horizontally scalable application layers.

The processor performs well in real-time analytics frameworks, including Spark and Flink, where memory throughput and predictable latency directly influence shuffle efficiency and stage execution times. It also serves effectively in AI inference, ML preprocessing and metadata extraction pipelines where CPU-based parallelism provides optimal cost-to-performance advantages.

The Xeon 6511P integrates well with virtualization stacks such as VMware, Proxmox and OpenStack, providing stable vCPU isolation and improved I/O performance due to PCIe 5.0 support. Enhanced Granite Rapids RAS features further ensure reliability in mission-critical infrastructure.

For organizations upgrading from earlier Xeon generations, the 6511P offers a balanced improvement in throughput, bandwidth and platform capability without the thermal overhead of high-end SKUs, making it a versatile choice for modernizing mid-range compute nodes.