Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9655
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jun 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Server
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Granite Ridge
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon Graphics
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Ryzen 5 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption
400 W
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
95°C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
I/O Process Size
10 nm
6 nm
I/O Die Size
2x 241
122 mm²
Package
FC-LGA18N
FC-LGA1718
Transistor Count
-
8.315 billions
Die Size
-
70.6 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.4 GHz
Total Core Count
264
6
Total Thread Count
264
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
39.0
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
528 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
-
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
5
PCIe Lanes
96
24