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Intel Xeon 6980E+

264C/264T · 3.2 GHz · 400 W

The Xeon 6980E+ is a 264-core member of Intel's Xeon 6+ family (Clearwater Forest), launched at Computex on June 1, 2026. It uses only Darkmont efficiency cores without Hyper-Threading, built on Intel's 18A process, and fits its core count within the same 400 W rating as the 192-core 6970E+, targeting high-density cloud-native and scale-out services in one- and two-socket servers.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Xeon 6980E+
Segment
Server
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest)
Codename
Clearwater Forest
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Darkmont
Release date
Jun 1, 2026
Price
$9,850Search on Amazon

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
264 cores / 264 threads
Base clock
2.10 GHz
Boost clock
3.20 GHz
TDP (design W)
400 W
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
264 MB
L3 cache
528 MB
Technology (nm)
1.8 nm
Intel 18A

Platform

Socket
FCLGA7529
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✓ Yes
Up to 2 sockets
Integrated GPU
None
Memory type
DDR5-8000 (RDIMM)
12-channel
Memory size
Up to 1,536 GB
ECC memory
✓ Yes
PCIe
PCIe 5.0 (96 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
SSE4.2AVXAVX2
NPU
None

OS support

Linux
UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes
Xeon 6+ server processors do not appear on Microsoft's Windows 10 (22H2) or Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2) supported Intel processor lists, and no 26H2 list has been published. As a server processor it is mainly deployed with Windows Server and enterprise Linux distributions.

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