Intel Xeon 696X: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon 696X sales 2 February 2026 at a recommended price of $5,599. This is a high-end Granite Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 64 cores and 128 threads, and is based on Intel 3 manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4800 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4710 processor with a TDP of 350 Watt and a maximum temperature of 80 °C. It supports DDR5(6400MT/s)MRDIMM(8000MT/s) memory.

Primary details

Xeon 696X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	25
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.98
Market segment	Server
Power efficiency	7.78	of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores))
Designer	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel
Architecture codename	Granite Rapids (2024−2026)
Release date	2 February 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,599	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	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Performance-cores	64	of 86 (Xeon 698X)
Threads	128
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.8 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate	0 GT/s
L1 cache	112 KB (per core)	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	336 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)	80 °C	of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support	+
Unlocked multiplier	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 696X 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	1	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCLGA4710
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon 696X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Speed Shift	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+
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 696X's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5(6400MT/s)MRDIMM(8000MT/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 696X.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	5.0
PCI Express lanes	128	of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon 696X. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Closest competitors

Xeon 696X's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.

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