Intel's upcoming Emerald Rapids HPC processor series aims to enhance its Xeon lineup by increasing the number of cores. Intel's 5th Gen Xeon architecture is expected to increase the core count to 64 cores and now thanks to some early benchmark numbers, we have an idea of what kind of performance to expect. 

Lower core count configurations, such as 48C/96T, would be used in various SKUs, including the recently discovered Xeon Platinum 8551C and Xeon Platinum 8558P on Geekbench. The testing has shown that both CPUs (8551C and 8558P via Wccftech) boosted up to 3.17GHz, but their base clock speeds differed, with the 8551C having a base frequency of 2.9GHz and the 8558P having a base clock of 2.7GHz.

Although the Zen 4-based AMD EPYC 9454 processor, with a 48-core configuration and 290W TDP, outperforms both Intel Xeon Emerald Rapids CPUs in single-core and multicore testing. However, both Intel CPUs beat the older Zen 3-based EPYC 7643, which also has a 48-core configuration.

The Intel 5th Generation Xeon Series is set to hit the market on December 14th, along with accompanying consumer platforms like Meteor Lake. At this time, it is unknown if Xeon will unveil a whole portfolio or only disclose select components that have already been confirmed, with the introduction of other SKUs to come later.

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KitGuru says: Intel's new Xeon refresh is just around the corner, so we won't be waiting much longer to see a wider range of performance tests covering more of the line-up. 

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