Intel announced the on-time launch of its high-performance Xen 6 Granite Rapids' 6900P-series models today. Five new models, spanning from 72 cores up to 128 cores, finally exceeded the core counts of AMD's existing EPYC models for the first time since 2017.

At nearly $18,000, Intel's Xeon 6980P 'Granite Rapids' could be the industry's most expensive CPU in modern history.