YuuKi_AnS shared a CPU-Z screenshot containing details of what is claimed to be the next-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor engineering sample (ES). The hardware tipster pointed out in (yesterday's article) that the application had an error in recognizing the prototype chip.
CPU-Zv2.09 has identified basic information: Intel Granite Rapids-SP processor with specifications of 80 cores, 2.5GHz maximum frequency, 672MB L3 cache and 350W maximum TDP rating. The calculation of 320 threads seems to be a detection error of CPU-Z, because the previously leaked Intel Hyper-Threading Technology configuration information did not mention such amazing performance.
Looking at CPU-Z's tracking of single-core and multi-core performance, the prototype status of this Xeon chip is very clear - benchmark results are way off the mark compared to the current generation's final scores (provided by competing chips).
The Intel team's next-generation Xeon series is likely to catch up with AMDEPYC's big-core strategy, as "Granite Rapids" has been linked to Intel's 3 foundry nodes, and reports last month showed that XCC-type processor configurations "can reach 56 cores/112 threads." Paired with this, Micron is preparing the next generation of "high-spec" memory modules designed with future enterprise processor platforms in mind, including Intel's Xeon Scalable "Granite Rapids" series. Observers believe Intel will launch this series of products in the coming months.