{"id":1428,"date":"2025-12-05T04:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pckumar.in\/datacenters\/product\/intel-xeon-6972p-processor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:27:35","slug":"intel-xeon-6972p-processor","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/pckumar.in\/datacenters\/product\/intel-xeon-6972p-processor\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae 6972P Processor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae 6972P Processor Specifications<\/h2>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Essentials<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Product Collection<\/td>\n<td>Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae 6 processors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Code Name<\/td>\n<td>Products formerly Granite Rapids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vertical Segment<\/td>\n<td>Server<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Processor Number<\/td>\n<td>6972P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lithography<\/td>\n<td>Intel 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">CPU Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total Cores<\/td>\n<td>96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total Threads<\/td>\n<td>192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max Turbo Frequency<\/td>\n<td>3.9 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>All Core Turbo Frequency<\/td>\n<td>3.5 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Processor Base Frequency<\/td>\n<td>2.4 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cache<\/td>\n<td>480 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Intel\u00ae UPI Speed<\/td>\n<td>24 GT\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max # of UPI Links<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TDP<\/td>\n<td>500 W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Intel\u00ae SST-PP Configurations<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6972P (Config 0)<\/td>\n<td>96 Cores | 2.4 GHz | 500W | Server Mode<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6972P (Config 1)<\/td>\n<td>96 Cores | 2.0 GHz | 400W | Server Mode<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Supplemental Information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marketing Status<\/td>\n<td>Launched<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Launch Date<\/td>\n<td>Q3&#8217;24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Embedded Options Available<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Memory Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max Memory Size<\/td>\n<td>3 TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Memory Types<\/td>\n<td>DDR5 (6400 MT\/s), MRDIMM (8800 MT\/s)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maximum Memory Speed<\/td>\n<td>8800 MT\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max # of Memory Channels<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ECC Memory Supported<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Expansion Options<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Scalability<\/td>\n<td>2S<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PCI Express Revision<\/td>\n<td>5.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max PCIe Lanes<\/td>\n<td>96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Package Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sockets Supported<\/td>\n<td>FCLGA7529<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Package Carrier<\/td>\n<td>BR1A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DTS Max<\/td>\n<td>98 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TCASE<\/td>\n<td>80 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Package Size<\/td>\n<td>104.5 mm x 70.5 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Advanced Technologies<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Accelerators<\/td>\n<td>QAT, DLB, DSA, IAA (4 each)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Intel\u00ae AMX<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Speed Select Technology<\/td>\n<td>Core Power, Turbo Frequency, Performance Profile, Base Frequency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Intel\u00ae Deep Learning Boost<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>High Priority Cores<\/td>\n<td>36 (2.6 GHz)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Low Priority Cores<\/td>\n<td>60 (2.2 GHz)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Intel\u00ae Resource Director Technology<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Intel\u00ae Speed Shift Technology<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Turbo Boost Technology<\/td>\n<td>2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hyper-Threading Technology<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Instruction Set Extensions<\/td>\n<td>AMX, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AVX-512 FMA Units<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Intel\u00ae Volume Management Device<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Security &amp; 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