--- title: "Intel Granite Rapids WS Core Scaling Performance With The Xeon 678X" url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-granite-rapids-ws-core-scaling-performance-with-the-xeon-678x-tbkjrchee source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-xeon-678x-scaling type: article source: "Phoronix" published: 2026-08-26T16:27:09.083Z updated: 2026-08-26T16:34:32.424Z tags: ["linux", "hardware", "intel"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel Granite Rapids WS Core Scaling Performance With The Xeon 678X **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Benchmarks explore how the Intel Xeon 678X 'Granite Rapids WS' workstation processor scales in performance, power draw, frequency, and thermal behavior when limited to 6, 12, 24, and 48 cores, plus the default 48-core with Hyper-Threading configuration. Tests ran on an HP Z4 G6i workstation with 128GB DDR5-6400 memory and a 2TB NVMe SSD under Fedora 44 with the Linux 7.1 kernel and GCC 16.1 compiler, tracking peak frequency, RAPL-measured power, core temperature, and performance-per-watt across the core counts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are the base and turbo clock speeds of the Intel Xeon 678X Granite Rapids WS processor? The Intel Xeon 678X has a 2.4GHz base frequency, a 4.7GHz Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 frequency, and a 4.9GHz maximum turbo frequency. It is a 48-core, 96-thread workstation processor built on the Granite Rapids architecture with Redwood Cove performance cores, rated for a 300 Watt TDP. _Engineers benchmarking workstation CPUs can follow ongoing Xeon performance coverage on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Intel AMX Performance With The Xeon 678X Workstation CPU](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-amx-performance-with-the-xeon-678x-workstation-cpu-987e0vcnq) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Xeon 678X Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 Performance With The HP Z4 G6i](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-xeon-678x-windows-11-vs-ubuntu-26-04-performance-with-the-hp-z4-g6i-6k8byjeq0) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" Linux Performance One Year Later Review](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-xeon-6980p-granite-rapids-linux-performance-one-year-later-review-pkruthy6n) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Hyper Threading Performance On The Xeon 678X "Granite Rapids-WS"](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-hyper-threading-performance-on-the-xeon-678x-granite-rapids-ws--yskt52ya6) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-granite-rapids-ws-core-scaling-performance-with-the-xeon-678x-tbkjrchee)