Essentials

Product Collection

Intel® Xeon® 6 processors

Code Name

Products formerly Granite Rapids

Vertical Segment

Server

Processor Number

6960P

Lithography

Intel 3

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

72

Total Threads

144

Max Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

All Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

Processor Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

Cache

432 MB

Intel® UPI Speed

24 GT/s

Max # of UPI Links

6

TDP

500 W

Intel® Speed Select Technology - Performance Profile (Intel® SST-PP)

Config

Active Cores

Base Frequency

TDP

Description

6960P(0)

72

2.70

500

Server Mode

6960P(1)

72

2.30

400

Server Mode

6960P(2)

66

2.60

450

Server Mode

6960P(3)

48

3.10

450

Server Mode

Supplemental Information

Marketing Status

Launched

Launch Date

Q3'24

Embedded Options Available

Yes

Memory Specifications

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)

3 TB

Memory Types

DDR5(6400MT/s)

MRDIMM(8800MT/s)

Maximum Memory Speed

8800 MT/s

Max # of Memory Channels

12

ECC Memory Supported   ‡

Yes

Expansion Options

Scalability

2S

PCI Express Revision

5.0

Max # of PCI Express Lanes

96

Package Specifications

Sockets Supported

FCLGA7529

Package Carrier

BR1A

DTS Max

102 °C

TCASE

80 °C

Package Size

104.5mm x 70.5mm

Advanced Technologies

Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT)

4 default devices

Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB)

4 default devices

Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA)

4 default devices

Intel® In-memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA)

4 default devices

Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX)

Yes

Intel® Speed Select Technology – Core Power

Yes

Intel® Speed Select Technology – Turbo Frequency

Yes

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) on CPU

Yes

Intel® Speed Select Technology - Performance Profile

Yes

Intel® Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency

Yes

High Priority Cores

24

High Priority Core Frequency

2.90 GHz

Low Priority Cores

48

Low Priority Core Frequency

2.50 GHz

Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)

Yes

Intel® Speed Shift Technology

Yes

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡

2.0

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡

Yes

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions

Yes

Intel® 64 ‡

Yes

Instruction Set Extensions

Intel® AMX |  Intel® SSE4.2 |  Intel® AVX |  Intel® AVX2 |  Intel® AVX-512

# of AVX-512 FMA Units

2

Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)

Yes

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX)

Yes

Intel® Secure Key

Yes

Intel® Crypto Acceleration

Yes

Intel® QuickAssist Software Acceleration

Yes

Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support

Yes

Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology

Yes

Intel® Total Memory Encryption - Multi Key

Yes

Intel® Total Memory Encryption

Yes

Intel® AES New Instructions

Yes

Intel® Secure Key

Yes

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)

Yes

Default Maximum Enclave Page Cache (EPC) Size for Intel® SGX

512 GB

Intel® OS Guard

Yes

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡

Yes

Execute Disable Bit ‡

Yes

Intel® Boot Guard

Yes

Intel® Run Sure Technology

Yes

Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC)

Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡

Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡

Yes

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡

Yes