Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Server
Laptop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 8060S
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Instruction Set
-
x86-64
Series
-
Ryzen AI Max 300 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
Custom
Power Consumption
330 W
45-120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
100 °C
Foundry
Intel
-
I/O Process Size
10 nm
-
I/O Die Size
2x 241
-
Package
FC-LGA18N
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
120 W
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.0 GHz
Total Core Count
144
8
Total Thread Count
144
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
36
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
432 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
-
Performance Cores
-
8
Performance Core Threads
-
16
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2900 MHz
Shader Units
-
2560
Texture Units
-
160
Raster Operation Units
-
64
Execution Units
-
40
Power Consumption
-
45-120
AI Accelerator
NPU
-
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
-
50 TOPS