Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 470
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Laptop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Gorgon Point
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 890M
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Ryzen AI 400 (Zen 5 / Zen 5c)
Series
-
Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AMD Socket FP8
Power Consumption
400 W
28 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
100°C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
I/O Process Size
10 nm
-
I/O Die Size
2x 241
-
Package
FC-LGA18N
FP8
Die Size
-
233 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.2 GHz
Total Core Count
264
12
Total Thread Count
264
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
20.0
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
24 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
1
Performance Cores
-
4
Performance Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-8533
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
136.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
3100 MHz
Execution Units
-
16
AI Accelerator
NPU
-
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
-
55 TOPS