Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs Intel Core i9 9900X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i9-9900X
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
330 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
92 °C
Foundry
Intel
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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
2.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
144
10
Total Thread Count
144
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
35x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
432 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
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Performance Cores
-
10
Performance Core Threads
-
20
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
3.0
PCIe Lanes
96
44
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,182
Cinebench R23
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13,994
Geekbench 6
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1,455
Geekbench 5
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1,165
Geekbench 6
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10,273
Geekbench 5
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10,704
Passmark CPU
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2,565
Passmark CPU
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21,833