Intel’s Star processor, Xeon W-3175X, which will have 28 cores, has been added to the list of online retailers. The new processor was designed for the LGA 3647 socket and is scheduled for release in this month, and the lists show that we are approaching the Intel’s response to AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 2000 family.
Intel Xeon processor W-3175X would cost about 4000 dollars
The Intel Xeon W-3175X is undoubtedly the flagship chip that Intel will have for some time to come. It is marketed as an ultra-enthusiastic and premium processor, and the prices also reflect this.
There are at least four online retailers that already list the processor (Ediscomp Listing, Lance-Nakupy, Kikatek, and PC21) and all agree on the price, which would be about $4,000, a little bit less or more.
The Xeon W-3175X processor has 28 cores, 56 threads and has a 3.1 GHz base clock and a 4.3 GHz boost clock. It has 38.5 MB L3 cache, support for 6-channel DDR4 memory (2666 MHz speeds) and 68 PCIe tracks (44 CPU, 24 PCH). The interesting part is that you will have full support for overclocking as it comes with an unlocked design and allows up to 512 GB of memory support.
Intel doesn’t have a chip design with more than 18 cores that can accommodate the existing X299 / LGA 2066 socket, and since AMD brings 32 cores and 64 threads of chips into the same TR4 socket, Intel had to work out a plan a year later. This is Intel’s solution, but whether it would be available or not at the stated price is something to see, as AMD still offers more cores and threads, even the number of PCIe tracks of the CPU is larger and the chip itself would have half the cost of what it would end up paying for the processor, not to mention memory and motherboards.