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Intel Xeon 654 vs Intel Core i7 6950X

	CPU Intel Xeon 654	CPU Intel Core i7 6950X
General Parameters
Release Date	Feb 2026	May 2016
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Server	Desktop
Core Architecture	Granite Rapids	Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics	N/A	N/A
Generation	Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i7-6950X
Package
Manufacturing Process	5 nm	14 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 4710	LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption	200 W	140 W
Peak Operating Temperature	96°C
Foundry	Intel
Die Size	2x598 mm²
I/O Process Size	10 nm
I/O Die Size	2x 241
Package	FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.1 GHz	3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Total Core Count	18	10
Total Thread Count	36	20
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	31.0	30x
L1 Cache	112 KB per core	32 K per core
L2 Cache	2 MB per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	72 MB shared	25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP	1
Performance Cores		10
Performance Core Threads		20
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-6400	DDR4-2133
Max Memory Channels	8	4
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Size		128 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5	3.0
PCIe Lanes	128	40
Official Website		Official Link ↗