AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Xeon 6970E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2020
May 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Generation
-
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
4.15 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
105 W
400 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90°C
102°C
Foundry
-
Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
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Performance Core Threads
24
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
12
192
Total Thread Count
24
192
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
23.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
480 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,670
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Cinebench R23
22,046
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Geekbench 6
2,235
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Geekbench 6
12,589
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Cinebench 2024
94
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Cinebench 2024
1,189
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Passmark CPU
3,470
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Passmark CPU
39,196
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