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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Xeon 6990E+

	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D	CPU Intel Xeon 6990E+
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2025	May 2026
Manufacturer	Amd	Intel
Type	Desktop	Server
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)	Clearwater Forest
Processor Number	9950X3D
Integrated Graphics	Radeon Graphics	N/A
Generation	Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))	Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Series	Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count	16.6 billions
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	3 nm
Socket	AM5	Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption	170 W	450 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	230 W
Peak Operating Temperature	95 °C	98°C
Foundry	TSMC	Intel
Die Size	2x70.6 mm²
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
Performance Core Threads	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Total Core Count	16	288
Total Thread Count	32	288
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	43	22.0
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	576 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
GPU Base Frequency	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2200 MHz
Shader Units	128
Texture Units	8
Raster Operation Units	4
Execution Units	2
Power Consumption	15
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5
PCIe Lanes	28	96