Intel's flagship Xeon W-3175X processor which will be featuring 28 cores has been listed by online retailers. Designed for the LGA 3647 socket, the new processor is supposed to launch this month and the listings reveal that we may be getting close to the launch of Intel's only answer to AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 2000 family.

Intel Xeon W-3175X 28 Core Processor Listed Online - Aiming Price of Around $4000 US?

The Intel Xeon W-3175X is without a doubt the flagship chip that Intel will have for a while. It will be marketed as an ultra-enthusiast and premium processors and the prices that it has been listed for reflects that.

The Xeon W-3175X processor features28 core, 56 threads and boasting a base clock of 3.1 GHz and a boost clock of 4.3 GHz out of the box. It features38.5 MB of L3 cache, support forDDR4 6 channel memory (2666 MHz speeds) and68 PCIe Lanes (44 CPU, 24 PCH). The interesting part is thatit will feature full overclocking support since it comes with an unlocked design and allows up to512 GB of memory support.

Now we have four different listings for the processor from various online retail stores. You can see the listings and prices below:

Intel Xeon W-3175X (Ediscomp Listing) -€3449,15 or $3900.81 (Pre-VAT) /€4138,98 or $4680.97 (VAT Included)Intel Xeon W-3175X (Lance-Nakupy) -€3790,40 or $4286.74 (Pre-VAT) /€4548,48 or $5144.09 (VAT Included)Intel Xeon W-3175X (Kikatek) -€4039,54 or $4568.51 (Pre-VAT) /€5997,38 or $6782.72 (VAT Included)Intel Xeon W-3175X (PC21) - €3517.24 (Pre-VAT) / $4220.68 (VAT Included)

Now based on these prices, we can give a little feedback of who this processor is really built for. If you take a look at Intel's Xeon Platinum 8180 which is the more Datacenter tuned version of Xeon W-3175X (both have identical core configuration) but costs $10,000 US, the Xeon W-3175X looks to be aimed primarily at workstation builders and enthusiasts. Even for enthusiasts, it won't make a whole lot of sense unless you are into heavy content creation.

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