Intel Xeon W9-3595X HEDT CPU Spotted: 60 Cores, 120 Threads, 4.6 GHz & 112 MB L3 Cache

Intel Xeon W9-3595X "Emerald Rapids" HEDT CPU Spotted: 60 Cores, 120 Threads, 4.6 GHz & 112 MB L3 Cache 1

Intel's next-gen HEDT & Xeon-W CPU, the W9-3595X, has been spotted within Geekbench with 60 cores.

It looks like Intel is getting ready to unveil its next-gen Xeon Workstation and HEDT family as the flagship chip has just been spotted by Benchleaks within the Geekbench database. Previous CPU rumors pointed out that Intel would launch its Xeon W-2500 and W-3500 workstation/HEDT CPUs around early 2024 and this entry seems to align with them. Details regarding the Xeon W-2500 CPU family already leaked out a while ago so this time, we are looking at the high-end workstation line.

Starting with the specifications, the Intel Xeon W9-3595X is going to be the flagship solution within the Xeon W-3500 family. This chip will be compatible with existing LGA 4677 socket motherboards such as the ASUS Pro WS W790-ACE this particular chip was tested in the leak. The CPU itself comes with 60 cores and 120 threads which are based on the Golden Cove architecture which is the same design used by the existing Sapphire Rapids Xeon W-3400/2400 chips.

The CPU is listed with a base clock of 4.60 GHz and features 112 MB of L3 &120 MB of L2 cache which adds up to 232 MB of cache. Following is the comparison between the flagship of each generation:

Xeon W9-3595X vs Xeon W9-3495X

60 Cores / 120 Threads vs 56 Cores / 112 Threads (+7% Increase)

120 MB L2 Cache vs 112 MB L2 Cache (+7.1% Increase)

112 MB L3 Cache vs 105 MB L3 Cache (+6.6% Increase)

When it comes to performance, neither of the three entries within Geekbench 6 ends up near the existing Intel Xeon W9-3495X CPU which makes us believe that this is an early engineering sample.

The clock speeds in the Geekbench log range from 4.1-4.5 GHz which means that there is still some tuning meant to go in place. The next-gen Xeon Workstation lineup isn't expected to be a huge upgrade but users who invested in the previous W790 platforms can upgrade their chips to something better without needing to upgrade their platforms. AMD already offers a much higher number of cores in its Threadripper 7000 family, reaching a phenomenal 96 cores on the top SKU and based on the latest Zen 4 architecture. These chips have proven to be much more efficient at multi-threading tasks and that should remain the case with the launch of Intel's latest Workstation family.