Intel Xeon 6978P Processor
Intel Xeon 6978P Processor
Essentials
Product Collection – Intel® Xeon® 6 processors
Code Name – Products formerly Granite Rapids
Vertical Segment – Server
Processor Number – 6978P
Lithography – Intel 3
Recommended Customer Price – $11025.00
CPU Specifications
Total Cores – 120
Total Threads – 240
Max Turbo Frequency – 3.9 GHz
All Core Turbo Frequency – 3.2 GHz
Processor Base Frequency – 2.1 GHz
Cache – 504 MB
Intel® UPI Speed – 24 GT/s
Max # of UPI Links – 6
TDP – 500 W
Intel® Xeon® 6978P Processor
| Intel® Speed Select Technology – Performance Profile | |
|---|---|
| 6978 (0) | 120 Active Cores • 2.1 GHz Base • 500W • Server Mode |
| 6978 (1) | 120 Active Cores • 2.5 GHz Base • 500W • Compute Mode |
| 6978 (2) | 120 Active Cores • 2.0 GHz Base • 400W • Compute Mode |
| Supplemental Information | |
| Marketing Status | Launched |
| Launch Date | Q3’25 |
| Embedded Options Available | No |
| Memory Specifications | |
| Max Memory Size | 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 | 94 °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) | Yes |
| Intel® Speed Select Technology – Performance Profile | Yes |
| Intel® Speed Select Technology – Base Frequency | Yes |
| High Priority Cores | 39 |
| High Priority Core Frequency | 2.3 GHz |
| Low Priority Cores | 81 |
| Low Priority Core Frequency | 1.9 GHz |
| Intel® Resource Director Technology | 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 | 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® Software Guard Extensions | Yes |
| Default Maximum Enclave Page Cache | 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 |
