Intel unleashes its new 44-threaded Xeon CPU, supports 385GB of DDR4

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Intel's new Broadwell-EP family launched, with the Xeon E5-2600 V4 featuring 22 CPU cores (44 threads) on 14nm tech.

Anthony Garreffa

Gaming Editor

Published Mar 31, 2016 8:28 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:00 PM CST

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Intel has just unleashed its new Broadwell-EP family of processors, starting with the huge Xeon E5-2600 V4 which features a huge 22 CPU cores. Thanks to Hyper-Threading technology, we have a total of 44 threads of CPU power, which is simply insane for the prosumer market - especially those who work in video editing.

Intel unleashes its new 44-threaded Xeon CPU, supports 385GB of DDR4 | TweakTown.com

The new Intel Xeon E5-2600 V4 hasn't been completely detailed by the company, but the enthusiast part will be the Xeon E5-2699 V4 which packs a base clock speed of 2.2GHz, 55MB of cache, and a pretty tame 145W TDP. What will this 44-threaded processor set you back? A hefty $4115, which works out to $187 per CPU core. If we consider the 8-core/16-threaded Core i7-5960X costs $1059 (which works out to $132 per CPU core) then the new Xeon E5-2699 V4 isn't too badly priced at all.

The new Broadwell-EP powered Xeon processors can take DDR4-2400, with up to 12 DIMMS per CPU socket. If you're using registered DIMMs, you can cram in up to 385GB of RAM per CPU, using 32GB DIMMs of DDR4. To put it simply: I want one, well - probably two.