Intel Xeon 654 vs Intel Core i9 7960X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Feb 2026
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Granite Rapids
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i9-7960X
Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 4710
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
200 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
96°C
98 °C
Foundry
Intel
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Die Size
2x598 mm²
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I/O Process Size
10 nm
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I/O Die Size
2x 241
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Package
FC-LGA18N
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CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
18
16
Total Thread Count
36
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
31.0
28x
L1 Cache
112 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
72 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
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Performance Cores
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16
Performance Core Threads
-
32
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Channels
8
4
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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79.47 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
3.0
PCIe Lanes
128
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,099
Cinebench R23
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22,189
Geekbench 6
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1,313
Geekbench 6
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9,066
Passmark CPU
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2,489
Passmark CPU
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26,917