AMD Threadripper has raised the ceiling for workstations and desktop processors. Although Intel Xeon is unable to compete, it cannot give up. It is just limited by its strength and its improvement is a bit slow. The next generation Xeon W-3500 and Xeon W-2500 series have been exposed, and they look quite toothpaste.
The Xeon W-3400 and Xeon W-2400 series were just released in February 2023. They are derived from the fourth generation of scalable Xeon Sapphire Rapids, with up to 56 cores and 112 threads, 105MB level 3 cache, 4TBDDR5-4800 eight-channel memory, and 112 PCIe5.0 lanes.
The Xeon W-3500 and Xeon W-2500 series are not based on the newly released fifth-generation scalable Xeon Emerald Rapids at the end of last year. Instead, they are still derived from Sapphire Rapids, but with upgraded specifications. Of course, Emerald Rapids is only an upgraded version, not a new one.
There are seven known models of the Xeon W-3500 series, which have been upgraded. The top flagship Xeon W9-3595X has 60 cores, 120 threads, and 112MB level 3 cache. Compared with the existing Xeon W9-3495X, it adds 4 cores and 7MB cache. The thermal design power consumption remains at 350W, but the maximum frequency has dropped from 4.8GHz to 4.6GHz.
There are more44/32/28/24/20/16 core version, the number of counterpoints has generally increased by 4, except for the 44 core, which has increased by 8.
The thermal design power consumption was previously as low as 270W, but now it is 290W.
There are eight models in the Xeon W-2500 series. They have also been upgraded and have added 2 cores to 26/22/18/14/12/10/8 cores., the frequency has also generally increased, and the thermal design power consumption has increased from 110-225W to 175-250W.
The highest end is the Xeon W7-2595X, with 26 cores and 52 threads, 2.8-4.8GHz, and 48.75MB L3 cache.