Hardware1 hOctober 4, 2026, 22:00

Intel Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest: 4 SKUs, 144–288 cores, $4.6K–$15K

Intel detailed its Xeon 6+ "Clearwater Forest" server lineup on 18A: four SKUs with 144–288 cores, 330–450W TDPs, 12 channels of DDR5 and 96 PCIe lanes. The flagship 6990E+ lists near $15,000, while the 144-core 6960E+ starts at about $4,600.

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Xeon 6990E+: 288 cores, up to 2.8GHz all-core, 450W TDP
SST-PP drops 6990E+ to 330W at 2.4GHz all-core
6960E+: 144 cores, 3.0GHz all-core, 3MB L3 per core
Pricing: $4.6K for 6960E+ up to ~$15K for 6990E+

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