Intel has just introduced its latest hardware designed to improve AI infrastructure: the Xeon 6 with performance cores (P-cores) and the Gaudi 3 AI accelerator. These latest additions are designed to provide powerful and cost-effective options for companies looking to scale up their AI efforts.
Xeon 6: More performance for AI
The Xeon 6 is a major upgrade, offering double the performance of its predecessor. Intel has packed in more cores, double the memory bandwidth, and built-in AI acceleration. The idea is to make the Xeon 6 versatile enough to handle various workloads, from edge computing to large data centers. Whether you're crunching numbers for machine learning or spinning up AI models, the Xeon 6 is designed to run smoothly in a range of environments.
Fun 3: Accelerate AI tasks
For even more power in AI tasks, Intel's Gaudi 3 AI accelerator comes into play. It was developed for massive, computationally intensive tasks such as generative AI and has 64 tensor cores and eight matrix multiplication engines. This means that it is designed to process neural network calculations quickly. With 128 GB of HBM2e memory and a whopping 24 200 Gigabit Ethernet ports, it can handle large tasks with ease.
Gaudi 3 is also optimized for frameworks like PyTorch and advanced AI models from Hugging Face. For companies using deep learning models, this accelerator could make things easier and faster. Intel has already partnered with IBM Cloud to offer Gaudi 3 as a service, making it more accessible to companies that need scalable AI solutions.
Focus on efficiency and costs

In addition to pure performance, Intel is also touting the cost-effectiveness of these new products. Both the Xeon 6 and Gaudi 3 are designed to deliver solid performance-per-watt ratios, meaning they could lower operating costs for enterprises running AI workloads at scale. This fits with Intel's broader plan to deliver a more flexible AI infrastructure without driving up total cost of ownership.
Intel's partnership with Dell Technologies and Supermicro underscores the company's strategy to integrate these products into customizable AI solutions. Whether you run a smaller operation or a larger enterprise, Intel wants to provide you with AI tools that meet your specific needs.
“Demand for AI is driving massive transformation in the data center, and the industry is demanding choice in hardware, software and developer tools,” said Justin Hotard, Intel executive vice president and general manager of the Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Group. “With the launch of Xeon 6 with P-Cores and Gaudi 3 AI accelerators, Intel is enabling an open ecosystem that will enable our customers to deploy all of their workloads with greater performance, efficiency and security.”