Intel's Xeon 6700E "Sierra Forest" CPUs Redefine Server Performance with 144 Cores
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Phoronix
Intel has launched its Xeon 6700E series processors, codenamed Sierra Forest, featuring 144-core server processors Xeon 6766E and Xeon 6780E. Benchmarks show these processors in both single and dual socket configurations, comparing them to previous Intel Xeon models and AMD EPYC competitors. The Xeon 6766E and 6780E offer significant performance improvements, with the 6780E being the flagship model. Despite some initial issues with PCIe 5.0 NVMe storage, the new processors show strong Linux and open-source support.