Intel Xeon 6730P: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6730P provides outstanding benchmark performance at 42.04% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
Intel started Xeon 6730P sales 24 February 2025 at a recommended price of $3,726. This is a Granite Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on Intel 3 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4710 processor with a TDP of 250 Watt and a maximum temperature of 79 °C. It supports DDR5(6400MT/s) memory.
Primary details
Xeon 6730P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 77 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 10.67 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 18.03 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Granite Rapids (2024−2025) | |
| Release date | 24 February 2025 (less than a year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,726 | of 19,000 (Xeon 6788P) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) | |
| Threads | 64 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 112 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 288 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 3 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 598 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 79 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 6730P compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCLGA4710 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | of 512 KB + 4 MB (Core i7-7567U) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6730P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| SGX | + | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon 6730P's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5(6400MT/s) | |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 8 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon 6730P.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 88 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon 6730P. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon 6730P is Xeon Platinum 8461V, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.
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