AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D vs Intel Xeon 6960E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2025
May 2026
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
105 W
330 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
142 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
90 °C
98°C
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Die Size
74 mm²
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I/O Process Size
12 nm
10 nm
I/O Die Size
125 mm²
2x 241
Package
µOPGA-1331
FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
-
Performance Core Threads
12
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
6
144
Total Thread Count
12
144
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
96 MB shared
432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,379
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Cinebench R23
9,804
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Geekbench 6
1,932
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Geekbench 6
8,204
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