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Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

	CPU Intel Xeon 6960E+	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2026	Jan 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	AMD
Type	Server	Laptop
Core Architecture	Clearwater Forest	Dragon Range
Integrated Graphics	N/A	Radeon 610M
Generation	Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)	Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Instruction Set		x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	5 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 7529	AMD Socket FL1
Power Consumption	330 W	55 W
Peak Operating Temperature	98°C	100°C
Foundry	Intel	TSMC
I/O Process Size	10 nm	6 nm
I/O Die Size	2x 241	122 mm²
Package	FC-LGA18N	µFC-BGAFL1
Transistor Count		13.14 billions
Die Size		2x71 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.2 GHz	5.2 GHz
Total Core Count	144	16
Total Thread Count	144	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	24.0	24.0
L1 Cache	96 KB per core	64 KB per core
L2 Cache	4 MB per module	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	432 MB shared	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
SMP	2	1
Performance Cores		16
Performance Core Threads		32
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-8000	DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size	1.5 TB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	12	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5	5
PCIe Lanes	96	28
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 W