Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs AMD EPYC 8325P
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
May 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Server
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Sorano
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
EPYC (Zen 5 (Sorano))
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AMD Socket SP6
Power Consumption
330 W
175 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
-
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
I/O Process Size
10 nm
6 nm
I/O Die Size
2x 241
-
Package
FC-LGA18N
FC-LGA4844
Transistor Count
-
66.52 billions
Die Size
-
8x70.6 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
144
32
Total Thread Count
144
64
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
27.0
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
432 MB shared
256 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
-
Max Memory Channels
12
6
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
307.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes