Intel Xeon 6748P socket: LGA 4710

What the Xeon 6748P is

The Intel Xeon 6748P is a 48-core scalable 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 4.1 GHz and 3.8 GHz all-core turbo, backed by 192 MB of cache and a 300 W TDP. Intel launched the 6700P and 6500P range on February 24, 2025 at a 14226 USD recommended price, built on Intel 3 for clusters up to 8 sockets.

Forty-eight cores suit HPC partitions, large databases, analytics clouds and shared-memory scale-out jobs where density and socket count both matter. The 2.5 GHz base keeps sustained work moving, while all-core bursts to 3.8 GHz hold parallel jobs at high frequency. The 192 MB cache pool sits between the 288 MB density parts and the leaner SKUs.

Against the 48-core Intel Xeon 6740P below it, the 6748P trades cache depth and dual-socket simplicity for 8-socket scaling. Against the 64-core Intel Xeon 6768P above it in threads, the 6748P trims cores for a lower price. 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 6748P 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 6748P fills a dense node or groups with identical 6748P 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 96 threads per socket supplied in HPC and analytics 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 fabrics, 100-gigabit and faster networking and accelerators without lane sharing pressure. Lane bifurcation follows board firmware, so architects confirm slot maps before committing to a cluster 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 6748P starts with the 64-core Intel Xeon 6768P for more threads on LGA 4710 boards with 8-socket topologies. 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 cache depth on simpler dual-socket boards. A move to BGA 4368 is a different soldered platform with single-socket edge nodes. That change replaces board, memory and cooling from scratch.