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Product Collection
Intel® Xeon® 6+ processors
Processor Number
6980E+
Lithography
Intel 18A

CPU Specifications

Total Cores
264
# of Performance-cores
0
# of Efficient-cores
264
Total Threads
264
Max Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
All Core Turbo Frequency
2.7 GHz
Processor Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
Cache
528 MB
Intel® UPI Speed
24 GT/s
Max # of UPI Links
6
TDP
400 W

Intel® Speed Select Technology - Performance Profile (Intel® SST-PP)

ConfigActive CoresBase FrequencyTDPDescription
6980E+ (0)2642.1 GHz400 W
6980E+ (1)2641.6 GHz300 W

Supplemental Information

Marketing Status
Launched
Launch Date
Q2'26
Embedded Options Available
Yes

Memory Specifications

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
1.5 TB
Memory Types
DDR5-RDIMM-8000MT/s-1DPC
Maximum Memory Speed
8000 MHz
Max # of Memory Channels
12
ECC Memory Supported
Yes

Expansion Options

Scalability
2S
PCI Express Revision
Gen5
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
96

Package Specifications

Package Carrier
BR1B
DTS Max
99 °C
TCASE
79
Package Size
104.5mm x 70.5mm

Advanced Technologies

Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT)
4 default devices
Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB)
4 default devices
Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA)
4 default devices
Intel® In-memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA)
4 default devices
Intel® Speed Select Technology – Core Power
Yes
Intel® Speed Select Technology – Turbo Frequency
Yes
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) on CPU
Yes
Intel® Speed Select Technology - Performance Profile
Yes
Intel® Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency
Yes
Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)
Yes
Intel® 64
Yes
Instruction Set Extensions
Intel® AVX2
Intel® Application Energy Telemetry (Intel® AET)
Yes

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX)
Yes
Intel® Crypto Acceleration
Yes
Intel® QuickAssist Software Acceleration
Yes
Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support
Yes
Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology
Yes
Intel® Total Memory Encryption - Multi Key
Yes
MK-TME Total
1024
Intel® Total Memory Encryption
Yes
Intel® AES New Instructions
Yes
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Yes
Default Maximum Enclave Page Cache (EPC) Size for Intel® SGX
512 GB
Intel® OS Guard
Yes
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Yes
Execute Disable Bit
Yes
Intel® Boot Guard
Yes
Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC)
Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Yes