Intel Xeon 696X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Feb 2026
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Granite Rapids
Zen+
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
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Series
Intel Xeon 6 processors
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
12 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 4710
sTR4
Power Consumption
350 W
250 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
68 °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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Transistor Count
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19.2 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
64
24
Performance Core Threads
128
48
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
64
24
Total Thread Count
128
48
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
30x
L1 Cache
112 KB per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
336 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
-
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR4-2933
Max Memory Size
4 TB
2048 GB
Max Memory Channels
8
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
87.42 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
3,141
1,297
Geekbench 6
34,549
8,391
Cinebench R23
-
1,159
Cinebench R23
-
26,292
Geekbench 5
-
1,064
Geekbench 5
-
11,876
Passmark CPU
-
2,319
Passmark CPU
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29,986