Intel Xeon 6745P 32c/64t 3.1GHz-4.3GHz 300W (PK8072006417800)

Intel Xeon 6745P — 32-Core Granite Rapids Processor for High-Bandwidth Analytics, Real-Time AI Serving and Scalable Enterprise Compute

The Intel Xeon 6745P represents an upper-tier configuration within the Granite Rapids family, combining 32 high-performance P-cores, 64 threads, a 3.1 GHz base frequency, and turbo acceleration up to 4.3 GHz. This frequency profile positions the 6745P as a processor optimized not only for raw parallel throughput but also for latency-sensitive enterprise workloads where single-thread speed directly influences system responsiveness.

A defining characteristic of this model is its 336 MB shared L3 cache, one of the largest among mid-density Granite Rapids SKUs. Such a cache footprint delivers substantial benefits for workloads with irregular or memory-intense access patterns—examples include distributed search index operations, dynamic feature generation for AI models, vector similarity queries, high-frequency trading analytics, and multi-tenant microservice orchestration platforms. Large caches reduce tail latency, ensuring predictable response times even under bursty request patterns.

The 8-channel DDR5 memory subsystem operating at 6400 MT/s provides exceptional bandwidth. This allows the processor to sustain high ingest rates, stream processing, large in-memory datasets and accelerated numerical pipelines. Systems based on the Xeon 6745P handle data-intensive frameworks such as Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka Streams, ClickHouse, DuckDB, real-time AI feature stores and high-resolution simulation environments.

One of the processor’s strongest features is its 88 PCIe 5.0 lanes, enabling a broad range of accelerator-rich configurations: multi-GPU inference servers, FPGA co-processing nodes, advanced NIC deployments (100–400 GbE), and NVMe arrays tuned for ultra-low-latency storage. This flexibility is crucial for hybrid AI setups where CPU preprocessing and GPU inference operate in tightly coupled loops.

Operationally, the Xeon 6745P is well suited for environments where compute density, memory bandwidth, and predictable latency all converge. This includes:

• Real-time AI serving pipelines (personalization, anomaly detection, ranking engines)
• High-frequency transactional analytics and hybrid OLTP/OLAP systems
• Large-scale ETL flows and continuous data ingestion workloads
• Cloud-native microservices with strict P99 latency expectations
• Simulation, optimization, and digital twin workloads requiring consistent compute availability
• Multi-tenant platforms with dynamic workload patterns and scaling requirements

The Xeon 6745P delivers a balance rarely seen in this performance category: strong per-core speed, deep cache, and robust I/O capacity. It is a strategic choice for organizations building modern AI-driven architectures, and for engineering teams designing compute nodes that must remain relevant as dataset sizes and concurrency levels grow over time.