Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon Graphics
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set
-
x86-64
Processor Number
-
9950X
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AM5
Power Consumption
330 W
170 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
95 °C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
I/O Process Size
10 nm
6 nm
I/O Die Size
2x 241
-
Package
FC-LGA18N
FC-LGA1718
Transistor Count
-
13.1 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
230 W
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.7 GHz
Total Core Count
144
16
Total Thread Count
144
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
43
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
80 K 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
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
1500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2200 MHz
Execution Units
-
2
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
-
2,243
Cinebench R23
-
42,074
Geekbench 6
-
3,419
Geekbench 6
-
21,762
Cinebench 2024
-
137
Cinebench 2024
-
2,287
Passmark CPU
-
4,743
Passmark CPU
-
66,476