SSL offload primarily aims to reduce the processing load associated with encrypting and decrypting SSL/TLS traffic on backend servers, thereby reducing CPU usage on those servers. It also allows the intermediary device to inspect the traffic for security purposes or apply policies, thus requiring fewer SSL certificates at the server level and enabling the use of iRules on encrypted traffic. However, it does not inherently increase the bandwidth between the client and the Load Balancer (LTM). Thus, the statement about increasing the bandwidth is not a benefit of SSL offload.