Intel Xeon 6970E+ vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Oct 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
-
Instruction Set
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x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AM4
Power Consumption
400 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
102°C
90°C
Foundry
Intel
-
I/O Process Size
10 nm
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I/O Die Size
2x 241
-
Package
FC-LGA18N
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Transistor Count
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4.15 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
Total Core Count
192
12
Total Thread Count
192
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
23.0
37x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
480 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
-
Performance Cores
-
12
Performance Core Threads
-
24
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,670
Cinebench R23
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22,046
Geekbench 6
-
2,235
Geekbench 6
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12,589
Cinebench 2024
-
94
Cinebench 2024
-
1,189
Passmark CPU
-
3,470
Passmark CPU
-
39,196