The Intel Kaby Lake Xeon E3-1200 v6 processors are about to hit the market and Intel has revealed some information regarding these processors, although it has not told everything.

Specifications have been released for Intel Xeon server processors based on the Intel Kaby Lake architecture, of which four SKUs have been released, of which they will not have HyperThreading. These high-power processors are often used in systems for network management and massive data computing, processes that require different CPUs than those we use at home, due to the workloads they must support.

The Intel E3 v6 Series server processors, which have just been introduced, have 8MB of L3 cache memory and a TPD of around 73W. There will be two versions, one that will have a TDP of 73W, which will have the Intel HD630 iGPU, while the processors that will not have an integrated iGPU will have a TDP of 72W. These processors are also expected to have Boost frequency, although at the moment this has not been confirmed by Intel. These processors have been seen in a limited way by Intel and it is expected that this information about these Kaby Lake CPUs will arrive in the near future, logically along with the motherboards with Intel's C232 chipset.

Something quite curious is that the Xeon E3 processors have been used by some gamers who want great power and have a tight budget, this is because in many cases these processors perform equal to or more than an Intel i5 or Intel i7 processor, although they are not the market for which they are intended. If these attractively priced processors were to hit the market again, some might choose to buy these processors instead of the generalist Intel family.

We will have to wait a bit, but if it is confirmed that these processors reach the market with an interesting price and inexpensive motherboards, they can be a very interesting solution, even for users who want a gaming device. There should be no performance problems with these processors, but they will not be used for the function for which they were developed.

Source: Overclock3D