--- title: Intel Xeon 6780E "Sierra Forest" Linux Performance ~14%... description: Intel Xeon 6780E Sierra Forest processors show approximately 14% performance improvement on Linux since their June 2024 launch. Testing compared Ubuntu 24.04... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-xeon-6780e-sierra-forest-linux-performance-14-faster-since-launch-zyl2zvk3i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel Xeon 6780E "Sierra Forest" Linux Performance ~14% Faster Since Launch | daily.dev og:description: Intel Xeon 6780E Sierra Forest processors show approximately 14% performance improvement on Linux since their June 2024 launch. Testing compared Ubuntu 24.04... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-xeon-6780e-sierra-forest-linux-performance-14-faster-since-launch-zyl2zvk3i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zYl2ZVk3i.png og:image:alt: Intel Xeon 6780E "Sierra Forest" Linux Performance ~14% Faster Since Launch og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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 Xeon 6780E "Sierra Forest" Linux Performance ~14% Faster Since Launch **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Intel Xeon 6780E Sierra Forest processors show approximately 14% performance improvement on Linux since their June 2024 launch. Testing compared Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from launch time against Ubuntu 26.04 LTS development snapshot, revealing significant upstream Linux software optimizations over the past year and a half. The dual Xeon 6780E configuration features 144 cores per processor with 3GHz max turbo frequency and 330W TDP. This follows similar performance evolution analysis of Intel Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids and AMD EPYC processors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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