Intel recently launched its latest server processor generation, Intel® Xeon® 6 processors with Performance-cores, which offers more cores and higher memory bandwidth. To demonstrate the performance and scalability of these processors, we’re pleased to announce new VMware VMmark® 4 benchmark results from two of our key partners, Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Dell’s result is a two-host “Matched Pair” configuration, while the HPE result benchmarks a four-host VMware vSAN cluster. Both results use VMware ESXi™ 8.0 Update 3e, which is the initial release that supports these processors. Find these new results on the VMmark 4 Results page.
Performance Comparison: “Granite Rapids” vs. “Emerald Rapids”
As an example of how these results demonstrate excellent performance and scalability, the table below shows two VMmark 4 results that allow us to compare the previous generation “Emerald Rapids” processors to the new “Granite Rapids” 6700-series processors.
| Server Vendor and Model | Processor Model | VMware ESXi Version | Total Hosts | Total Sockets | Total Cores | VMmark 4 Result |
| Dell PowerEdge R760 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+ | 8.0 Update 3 | 2 | 4 | 256 | 2.50 @ 3 tiles |
| Dell PowerEdge R770 | Intel Xeon 6787P | 8.0 Update 3e | 2 | 4 | 344 | 3.34 @ 4.2 tiles |
The chart below shows a 34% increase in total core count across processor generations.
In terms of VMmark performance, the score increases exactly 34% as well!
Key Highlights
- Core count: 34% more cores in Intel Xeon 6787P vs. previous-gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+
- VMmark score: 34% higher than the previous generation
- Workload capacity: 35% more workload VMs (89 vs. 66)
Learn More
- Announcing VMware vSphere 8 Update 3, with ESXi Live Patching and Integrated Kubernetes Cluster Management
- VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3e Release Notes
- Intel Xeon 6 Processors with Performance-Cores (P-Cores)
About VMmark
VMmark is a free benchmarking tool used by partners and customers to measure the performance, scalability, and power consumption of virtualization platforms. Visit the VMmark product page and VMmark Community for more information.
