Intel Xeon 6741P socket: LGA 4710

What the Xeon 6741P is

The Intel Xeon 6741P is a 48-core single-socket member of the Xeon 6 Granite Rapids stack on Socket LGA 4710. It runs 48 Performance-cores with Hyper-Threading for 96 threads at 2.5 GHz base with boost to 3.8 GHz and 3.7 GHz all-core turbo, backed by 288 MB of cache and a 300 W TDP. Intel launched the 6700P and 6500P range on February 24, 2025, built on Intel 3 for single-socket dense nodes.

Forty-eight cores in one socket suit cloud hosts, content delivery, analytics and storage clusters that scale by nodes rather than sockets. The 288 MB cache pool keeps large working sets near the cores across 8 DDR5 channels. At 300 W the part needs high-airflow rack chassis with vendor-qualified heatsinks.

Against the 48-core Intel Xeon 6740P below it, the 6741P trades dual-socket scaling for single-socket simplicity at similar clocks. Against the 48-core Intel Xeon 6748P above it in scaling, the 6741P keeps cache depth on simpler boards. Single-socket validation trims firmware paths. 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 6741P fits LGA 4710 in the FCLGA4710 package, measuring 77.5 × 56.5 mm. Boards support a single socket with this 1S-only part, so one 6741P fills the densest node and there is no second-socket upgrade to plan. 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. 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 96 threads supplied in cloud, analytics and storage mixes. Population order and maximum capacity vary by board, so the vendor memory list governs every build.

PCI Express connectivity is Gen 5 with up to 136 lanes on single-socket designs. That lane budget feeds NVMe fleets, high-speed networking and accelerators on the densest node without lane sharing pressure. Lane bifurcation follows board firmware, so architects confirm slot maps before committing to a maximum-density layout.

Cooling follows the board vendor list for the 300 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 6741P starts with the 64-core Intel Xeon 6761P for more cores on LGA 4710 boards where the budget allows. Each move keeps memory investments where the board allows, plus a BIOS that already supports Granite Rapids.

The step down to the 48-core Intel Xeon 6740P adds dual-socket scaling at similar clocks. A move to BGA 4368 is a different soldered platform with single-socket edge nodes. That change replaces board, memory and cooling from scratch.