AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Xeon 6980E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2025
May 2026
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Clearwater Forest
Processor Number
9950X3D
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Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Series
Ryzen 9000 Series
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Package
Transistor Count
16.6 billions
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Manufacturing Process
4 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM5
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
170 W
400 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
230 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
99°C
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Die Size
2x70.6 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
10 nm
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
2x 241
Package
FC-LGA1718
FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
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Performance Core Threads
32
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Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
16
264
Total Thread Count
32
264
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
43
21.0
L1 Cache
80 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
528 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
192 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
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Shader Units
128
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Texture Units
8
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Raster Operation Units
4
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Execution Units
2
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Power Consumption
15
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,240
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Cinebench R23
42,369
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Geekbench 6
3,473
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Geekbench 6
22,539
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Cinebench 2024
142
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Cinebench 2024
2,448
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Blender
808
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Passmark CPU
4,731
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Passmark CPU
70,009
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