Intel Xeon 658X Review: 24 Cores, Massive Memory Bandwidth Tested
Intel Xeon 658X: MSRP $1,699
The Intel Xeon 658X brings the Granite Rapids architecture to professional workstations. It offers increased CPU throughput, memory bandwidth and higher efficiency than its predecessors.
- More Efficient Than Previous-Gen
- Increased Single + Multi-Thread Performance
- Massive Cache Sizes
- Better Architecture For Modern Workloads
- Tons Of IO
- Often Trails Top Consumer CPUs
- Can't Hang With Threadripper
Intel announced its Xeon 600 series processors for workstations back in February of this year. The Xeon 600 series processors supplant Intel’s previous-gen Xeon W chips, and are based on the Granite Rapids architecture, which you can read about in our initial deep-dive coverage.
The Xeon 600 series is fabricated on Intel 3, just like Granite Rapids-based server processors, and feature the Redwood Cove core architecture which debuted in Meteor Lakeback in December of 2023. Xeon 600 series processors should offer performance and efficiency improvements over older Sapphire Rapids...
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