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Intel Xeon 654 vs Intel Xeon 6960E+

	CPU Intel Xeon 654	CPU Intel Xeon 6960E+
General Parameters
Release Date	Feb 2026	May 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Server	Server
Core Architecture	Granite Rapids	Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics	N/A	N/A
Generation	Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)	Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process	5 nm	3 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 4710	Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption	200 W	330 W
Peak Operating Temperature	96°C	98°C
Foundry	Intel	Intel
Die Size	2x598 mm²
I/O Process Size	10 nm	10 nm
I/O Die Size	2x 241	2x 241
Package	FC-LGA18N	FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Total Core Count	18	144
Total Thread Count	36	144
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	31.0	24.0
L1 Cache	112 KB per core	96 KB per core
L2 Cache	2 MB per core	4 MB per module
L3 Cache	72 MB shared	432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP	1	2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-6400	DDR5-8000
Max Memory Channels	8	12
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Max Memory Size		1.5 TB
Max Memory Bandwidth		768.0 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5	5
PCIe Lanes	128	96