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Intel Xeon 658X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

CPU CPU
General Parameters
Release Date Feb 2026 Oct 2020
Manufacturer Intel AMD
Type Server Desktop
Core Architecture Granite Rapids Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated Graphics N/A No
Generation Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Instruction Set x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process 5 nm 7 nm
Socket Intel Socket 4710 AM4
Power Consumption 250 W 105 W
Peak Operating Temperature 99°C 90°C
Foundry Intel
Die Size 2x598 mm²
I/O Process Size 10 nm
I/O Die Size 2x 241
Package FC-LGA18N
Transistor Count 4.15 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores 24 12
Performance Core Threads 48 24
Performance Core Base Frequency 3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 4.9 GHz 4.8 GHz
Total Core Count 24 12
Total Thread Count 48 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30.0 37x
L1 Cache 112 KB per core 64 K per core
L2 Cache 2 MB per core 512 K per core
L3 Cache 144 MB shared 64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
SMP 1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types DDR5-6400 DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size 4 TB 128 GB
Max Memory Channels 8 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support Yes Yes
Miscellaneous
Official Website Official Link ↗ Official Link ↗
PCIe Version 5 4.0
PCIe Lanes 128 20
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core 3096 2235
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 29732 12589