Intel Xeon 6714P socket: LGA 4710

What the Xeon 6714P is

The Intel Xeon 6714P is the 8-core frequency member of the Xeon 6 Granite Rapids stack on Socket LGA 4710. It runs 8 Performance-cores with Hyper-Threading for 16 threads at 4.0 GHz base with boost to 4.3 GHz, backed by 48 MB of cache and a 165 W TDP. Intel launched the 6700P and 6500P range on February 24, 2025, built on Intel 3 for scalable racks up to 8 sockets.

Eight very fast cores suit licensing-bound databases, EDA jobs, financial systems and control planes where per-thread speed dominates total cost. The 4.0 GHz base leads this batch outright, so sustained single-threaded work runs at desktop-like rates inside a server envelope. Eight-socket scaling spreads frequency-first work across large shared-memory nodes.

Against the 8-core Intel Xeon 6507P below it, the 6714P adds base frequency and multi-socket scaling at a higher 165 W class. Against the 16-core Intel Xeon 6724P above it, the 6714P trades cores for clocks. The small die keeps per-socket cost down where licenses count cores. See Socket vs chipset: what decides whether a CPU works for how socket, platform and firmware fit together on server boards.

Socket and motherboard compatibility

The 6714P fits LGA 4710 in the FCLGA4710 package, measuring 77.5 × 56.5 mm. Boards support up to 8 sockets with this scalable part, so one 6714P fills a frequency node or groups with identical 6714P parts in large clusters. LGA 4710 boards are platform designs with vendor-qualified power delivery, memory lists and firmware.

Granite Rapids shares the LGA 4710 socket with Sierra Forest E-core parts, so a board can host either family where the vendor lists it, after a BIOS update where needed. Multi-socket builds require identical part numbers in every socket. Moving from any other socket is a full platform change with board, memory and heatsinks replaced together.

Memory, PCIe and cooling

Memory on LGA 4710 for this class is DDR5 up to 6400 MT/s in eight channels. Eight channels at these rates keep 16 threads per socket well supplied in database and EDA mixes. Population order varies by board, so the vendor memory list governs every build, with matched DIMMs across sockets.

PCI Express connectivity is Gen 5 with up to 88 lanes on multi-socket designs. That lane budget feeds NVMe arrays and high-speed networking without lane sharing pressure. Lane bifurcation follows board firmware, so architects confirm slot maps before committing to a frequency-cluster layout.

Cooling follows the board vendor list for the 165 W class. No cooler ships with the tray server part. Firmware power limits can cap draw below the default where a cabinet demands it, at some cost in sustained clocks.

Upgrade paths

On the same socket, the path up from the 6714P starts with the 16-core Intel Xeon 6724P for more threads on LGA 4710 boards with 8-socket topologies. The 8-core Intel Xeon 6507P beside it keeps similar clocks on simpler dual-socket boards. Each move keeps memory investments where the board allows, plus a BIOS that already supports Granite Rapids.

There is no smaller Granite Rapids part below the 6714P in this batch, so a lower budget target means fewer sockets or older stock. A move to LGA 1700 Xeon 6300P is a different socketed platform with fewer cores for tiny towers. That change replaces board, memory and cooling from scratch.