Intel Xeon 6 processors deliver exceptional performance for the widest range of workloads and are engineered for efficiency and low total cost of ownership. On Feb. 24, 2025, Intel launched the Intel Xeon 6 SoCs with P-cores – more power-efficient, edge servers with Intel vRAN Boost and media acceleration, and networking built in. A photo shows the back of the Intel Xeon 6 SoC. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel Xeon 6 processors deliver exceptional performance for the widest range of workloads and are engineered for efficiency and low total cost of ownership. On Feb. 24, 2025, Intel launched the Intel Xeon 6 SoCs with P-cores – more power-efficient, edge servers with Intel vRAN Boost and media acceleration, and networking built in. A photo shows the back of the Intel Xeon 6 SoC. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
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Intel launches Xeon 6 processors with performance cores for 2X AI processing

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Intel is launching its new Intel Xeon 6 processors with performance-cores, offering better performance across data center workloads and up to two times higher performance in AI processing.

The company has new Xeon 6 processors for network and edge applications with built-in Intel vRAN
Boost deliver up to 2.4 times the capacity for radio access network (RAN) workloads.
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It’s an important launch for the company that was once the world’s biggest chip maker, as it replaced its CEO late last year with two interim co-CEOs amid a slump. Intel hopes to restore its former glory through a combination of better chips and a big investment in U.S. manufacturing technology aided by subsidies from the U.S. Chips & Science Act.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.