AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon 6960E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
May 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
-
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
65 W
330 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
98°C
Foundry
-
Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
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Performance Core Threads
8
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
4
144
Total Thread Count
8
144
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
24.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
64 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
930
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Cinebench R23
4,641
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Geekbench 6
1,136
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Geekbench 5
918
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Geekbench 6
3,734
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Geekbench 5
3,861
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Passmark CPU
2,111
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Passmark CPU
9,063
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