Intel Xeon "Granite Rapids-W" Mainstream & Expert HEDT CPUs Leaked

[T0@st]

Unannounced Intel processor families have emerged online over the past week—one source, Jaykihn, has unearthed a treasure trove of speculative mobile SKUs. Today's discovery pushes into the enterprise market segment; focusing on Team Blue's "Granite Rapids-W" (GNR-W) platform, likely equipped with Redwood Cove cores. The latest leak suggests an upcoming emergence of "Mainstream" and "Expert" workstation-oriented product tiers, allegedly prepared with the company's rumored W890 motherboard chipset. Past generations of "Xeon W" HEDT processor families have rolled out with entry-level and high-end offerings.

The leaker reckons that the mainstream Intel Granite Rapids-W "Xeon W" lineup will arrive with 4-channel memory support and 80 PCIe Gen 5 Lanes. Team Blue's higher-end "Expert" tier is anticipated with 128 PCIe Gen 5 lanes and 8-channel memory support. In addition to leaking processor information, Jaykihn outlined basic details regarding the W890 chipset—they believe that board designs will have access to 24 PCIe Gen 4 lanes, as well as 8 Gen 4 lanes for Intel's proprietary link (DMI) between northbridge and southbridge. The leaker did not divulge details of upcoming socket types—Team Blue is notorious for its elaborate rollout out of multiple LGA platforms.



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[Contra]

DOA

 

[Assimilator]

That CPU is huge and that means it's gonna cost a billion bucks, so nobody's gonna buy it.

 

[MentalAcetylide]

That CPU is huge and that means it's gonna cost a billion bucks, so nobody's gonna buy it.

Unless I'm mistaken, sounds like they're more for higher end workstations, so not really something you or I would buy unless you have the money & really need it as part of a job.

 

[docnorth]

DOA

Wooowww

 

[Tek-Check]

@Jaykihn, what is DRAM speed, both for 1DPC and 2DPC? What does CXL devices support look like?

 

[efikkan]

Basically no new information here, just pretty much the same as Sapphire Rapids but with two generations newer CPUs.
What about availability? Can we hope for a launch by summer? Or are we looking at late Q3++? (which probably means market availability Q1 2026).

I would assume these will feature DDR5-6400 and DDR5-8800(MRDIMM) memory.

That CPU is huge and that means it's gonna cost a billion bucks, so nobody's gonna buy it.

Well the current gen Sapphire Rapids starts at $359, just a bit shy of a billion…
And it's very competitively priced against Threadripper, especially considering it has higher performance per core than the Threadripper 7000 series.

Unfortunately though, Xeon W is not available in many markets, and has very limited availability overall compared to Threadripper (which isn't widely available either).

But on the positive side, motherboards can be found at times at acceptable prices, like ~$500 (+VAT).

 

[tommo1982]

Am I mistaken, or is Intel releasing Threadripper competition.