Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Mar 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Server
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Chagall PRO
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AMD Socket WRX8
Power Consumption
330 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
95 °C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
I/O Process Size
10 nm
14 nm
I/O Die Size
2x 241
416 mm²
Package
FC-LGA18N
sWRX8
Transistor Count
-
16.6 billions
Die Size
-
4x81 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
144
24
Total Thread Count
144
48
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
38.0
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
432 MB shared
128 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
-
Max Memory Channels
12
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
4
PCIe Lanes
96
128
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
-
2,086
Geekbench 6
-
19,489