Xeon 6979P

General

Manufacturer

Intel

Family

Xeon

Codename

Granite Rapids-AP

Type

Server

Instruction set

x86-64

Release date

July 2024

Launch price

US$ 15,750

Memory

DDR5

Product page

intel.com ↗

Performance

Cores

120

Threads

240

Base clock

2.1 GHz

Boost clock

3.9 GHz

L3 cache

504 MB

TDP

500 W

Extensions

MMXSSESSE2SSE3SSSE3SSE4.1SSE4.2AESAVXF16CFMA3AVX2SHAAVX-512AVX-VNNIAMX

SPEC CPU

SPECrate 2017 Integer (base)

1,150 ↗

SPECrate 2017 Floating Point (base)

1,250 ↗

Highest published base result on a system with one processor. Each score links to its result at spec.org; retrieved Nov 10, 2026.

SPEC CPU 2017 was retired in November 2026: no new results are published, and its scores cannot be compared with SPEC CPU 2026.

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