Intel Xeon 6760P 64c/128t 2.2GHz-3.8GHz 330W (PK8072006270000)

Intel Xeon 6760P — 64-core Granite Rapids CPU for high-density compute, analytics and memory-intensive cloud services

The Intel Xeon 6760P is positioned as one of the most versatile 64-core processors within the Granite Rapids Xeon 6 family. Built on the Intel 3 node and designed for next-generation hyperscale, enterprise and technical computing environments, it provides a balance of throughput, memory bandwidth and power efficiency that makes it suitable for a wide spectrum of workloads—from data-centric cloud services to HPC-adjacent analytics pipelines.

With 64 cores, 128 threads and a 2.2 GHz base frequency, the 6760P is optimized for sustained parallel computation rather than short single-thread bursts. Its turbo ceiling of 3.8 GHz ensures responsiveness in mixed environments where latency-sensitive workloads run alongside heavily parallel background tasks. This performance profile aligns well with modern orchestration platforms—Kubernetes, OpenShift, Nomad—where container mixes can shift unpredictably and require both horizontal scale and stable per-core behavior.

A major architectural advantage is its 320 MB L3 cache, one of the largest cache configurations available in the Xeon 6 lineup. This vast shared pool minimizes contention and improves predictability for workloads with irregular memory access patterns (graph databases, in-memory OLAP engines, large JVM heaps, vectorized analytic scans). It also dramatically reduces bottlenecks in systems where multiple high-intensity services are colocated on the same socket.

Memory throughput is another defining aspect. The Xeon 6760P supports eight channels of DDR5 at 6400 MT/s, unlocking extremely high sustained bandwidth and enabling up to 4 TB of RAM per socket. This makes it ideal for large in-memory datasets, real-time decision engines, fraud detection platforms, and distributed AI pipelines that need fast access to large working sets. For HPC-lite workloads—genomics, risk analysis, reservoir modeling—the combination of high core count, vast cache and fast memory provides strong performance without requiring a dedicated HPC node.

I/O capabilities complement the compute subsystem: PCIe 5.0 connectivity ensures enough bandwidth for dense NVMe storage arrays, SmartNICs, accelerators and multi-GPU configurations. In CPU-heavy AI systems, the 6760P can serve as a robust host processor for inference pipelines or hybrid GPU/CPU workflows, avoiding bottlenecks found in older PCIe 4.0 designs.

Power efficiency is significant for a processor of this class. At 330 W TDP, the 6760P is engineered for sustained heavy utilization in modern 1U/2U server designs, with predictable thermal profiles and stable performance across long intervals—critical for cloud operators aiming for high SLAs and minimal jitter.

In practical deployments, the Xeon 6760P excels in:

• High-density cloud compute nodes with mixed microservice workloads
• Distributed analytics platforms (ClickHouse, BigQuery-style column stores, Spark clusters)
• Memory-intensive applications such as Redis, Aerospike, Hazelcast and large JVM services
• AI inference at scale where CPU throughput and PCIe bandwidth both matter
• Virtualization clusters (VMware, Proxmox, KVM) with high VM density

The 6760P delivers a balanced proposition: very high core density, enormous cache, excellent memory bandwidth and modern I/O. It is designed to consolidate multiple older dual-socket nodes into fewer, more capable units while improving performance per watt and reducing infrastructure sprawl.