AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965 vs Intel Xeon 656
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2026
Feb 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Server
Server
Core Architecture
Granite Ridge
Granite Rapids
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Series
-
Intel Xeon 6 processors
Package
Transistor Count
16.63 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
5 nm
Socket
AMD Socket AM5
Intel Socket 4710
Power Consumption
170 W
210 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
98°C
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Die Size
2x70.6 mm²
2x598 mm²
I/O Process Size
6 nm
10 nm
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
2x 241
Package
FC-LGA1718
FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
2.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
Total Core Count
16
20
Total Thread Count
32
40
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
43.0
29.0
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
112 KB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
2 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB
72 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
1
1
Performance Cores
-
20
Performance Core Threads
-
40
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Channels
2
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
409.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Max Memory Size
-
4 TB