Intel Xeon 6781P 80c/160t 2.0GHz-3.8GHz 350W (PK8072006270200)

Intel Xeon 6781P: 80-Core Granite Rapids Processor for General-Purpose Datacenter Compute

The Intel Xeon 6781P is part of the Intel Xeon 6 family based on the Granite Rapids architecture, designed as a high-performance general-purpose server CPU with performance cores (P-cores). It provides 80 cores, 160 threads, a 2.0 GHz base clock, up to 3.8 GHz turbo frequency and 336 MB of L3 cache, positioning it as a powerful option for demanding datacenter workloads that require both high throughput and strong per-core performance.

Built on the Intel 3 process, Granite Rapids is intended to deliver improved performance and efficiency over previous generations, focusing on general-purpose workloads such as databases, analytics, virtualization, microservices and mixed application stacks. The 6781P, with its high core count and substantial cache, is tailored for scenarios where many high-performance cores are needed to handle large numbers of concurrent requests or tasks.

The processor supports eight channels of DDR5 memory, with platform support for very high memory speeds, which improves effective bandwidth and reduces contention under heavily threaded loads. Combined with its large 336 MB L3 cache, the Xeon 6781P is capable of keeping large working sets closer to the cores, which benefits in-memory databases, distributed caching tiers, real-time analytics pipelines and multi-tenant application environments.

With support for PCIe 5.0 and up to 136 lanes, systems built around the 6781P can host dense NVMe storage clusters, high-speed networking interfaces, SmartNICs, DPUs and accelerator cards. This enables architects to design nodes where storage, networking and compute scale together, avoiding I/O bottlenecks in data-intensive applications.

As a P-core Xeon 6 part, the 6781P targets workloads that need strong single-thread and mixed-workload performance, not only peak core counts. Typical use cases include relational and NoSQL databases, enterprise application servers, complex microservice platforms, large-scale virtualization environments and analytic systems where both throughput and response time matter.

For operators planning new datacenter deployments or refreshing existing infrastructure, the Xeon 6781P offers a path to higher per-socket performance and improved efficiency, while providing the connectivity and memory capabilities needed for next-generation server designs.