Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs Intel Core i9 12900F
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
400 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
72 °C
Foundry
Intel
Intel
I/O Process Size
10 nm
-
I/O Die Size
2x 241
-
Package
FC-LGA18N
FC-LGA16A
Die Size
-
215 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
264
16
Total Thread Count
264
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
24.0
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
528 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
1
Performance Cores
-
8
Performance Core Threads
-
16
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
-
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
5
PCIe Lanes
96
20
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
-
1,988
Cinebench R23
-
26,455
Geekbench 6
-
2,572
Geekbench 6
-
13,687