Intel's Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs to Feature 480MB L3 Cache, a 50% Increase Over Predecessors

Despite the significant cache upgrade, Intel still trails behind AMD's Genoa-X processors, which offer up to 1,152 MB L3 cache.

Intel's upcoming Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs are expected to feature a significant cache upgrade, with up to 480MB of L3 cache, a 50% increase over the previous Emerald Rapids CPUs.
Despite the upgrade, Intel still lags behind AMD's Genoa-X 3D V-Cache processors, which offer up to 1,152 MB L3 cache.
Granite Rapids CPUs, expected to launch in the second half of 2024, will also offer increased core counts and higher clock speeds compared to their predecessors.
Intel's Granite Rapids Xeon chips are also expected to offer a 2.9x boost in AI inferencing, 2.8x boost in memory bandwidth and up to 3x better performance in AI workloads compared to the Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs.
AMD is expected to release its next-gen EPYC 'Turin' CPUs, based on the Zen 5 core architecture, later this year, which may further increase the L3 cache gap.