4th Gen Intel Xeon W9-3495X – It’s a monster

Rating: 7.5.

Intel's 4th Gen Xeon aka Sapphire Rapids has had such a long and troubled gestation that these new CPUs use the same Golden Cove architecture as the 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPUs that launched in November 2021. We know Sapphire Rapids is late but the question is whether this 56-core monster delivers the goods.

Time stamps
00:00 Start
00:53 Tech info
02:47 The hardware
04:20 ASRock BIOS
04:38 Some initial tests
06:51 From Noctua to custom loop
11:21 Overclocking the CPU
12:30 Performance / temps / power
18:14 Leo’s Closing Thoughts

In our video unboxing the 4th Gen Intel Xeon W9-3495X and W9-3475X we showed you the hardware and also covered Intel's recent history and some of the problems they faced during the development of Sapphire Rapids. Please take a look HERE.

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