The Intel Xeon 6349P is a server/workstation processor with 6 cores, launched in February 2025, at an MSRP of $509. It is part of the Xeon 6 lineup, using the Raptor Lake Refresh architecture with Socket 1700. Thanks to Intel Hyper-Threading the core-count is effectively doubled, to 12 threads. Xeon 6349P has 18 MB of L3 cache and operates at 3.6 GHz by default, but can boost up to 5.7 GHz, depending on the workload. Intel is building the Xeon 6349P on a 10 nm production process, the transistor count is unknown. The multiplier is locked on Xeon 6349P, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 95 W, the Xeon 6349P consumes a good deal of power, so decent cooling is needed. Intel's processor supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory with a dual-channel interface. ECC memory is supported, too, which is an important capability for mission-critical systems, to avoid data corruption. For communication with other components in the machine, Xeon 6349P uses a PCI-Express Gen 5 connection. This processor lacks integrated graphics, you might need a graphics card.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Xeon 6349P, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Additionally, IOMMU virtualization (PCI passthrough) is supported, so that guest virtual machines may directly use host hardware. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) will run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications. Besides AVX, Intel is including the newer AVX2 standard, too, but not AVX-512.