Product Compare
Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
| CPU | CPU | |
|---|---|---|
| General Parameters | ||
| Release Date | May 2026 | Jun 2025 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Amd |
| Type | Server | Laptop |
| Core Architecture | Clearwater Forest | Zen 5 (Strix Point) |
| Integrated Graphics | N/A | Radeon 890M |
| Generation | Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP) | |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | |
| Package | ||
| Manufacturing Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Socket | Intel Socket 7529 | FP8 |
| Power Consumption | 330 W | 15-35 W |
| Peak Operating Temperature | 98°C | 100 °C |
| Foundry | Intel | |
| I/O Process Size | 10 nm | |
| I/O Die Size | 2x 241 | |
| Package | FC-LGA18N | |
| CPU Performance | ||
| Performance Core Base Frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Performance Core Turbo Frequency | 3.2 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Total Core Count | 144 | 8 |
| Total Thread Count | 144 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 24.0 | 20 |
| 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 | 16 MB shared |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| SMP | 2 | |
| Performance Cores | 3 | |
| Performance Core Threads | 6 | |
| Efficiency Cores | 5 | |
| Efficiency Core Threads | 10 | |
| Efficiency Core Base Frequency | 2.0 GHz | |
| Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency | 3.3 GHz | |
| Memory Parameters | ||
| Memory Types | DDR5-8000 | DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000 |
| Max Memory Size | 1.5 TB | |
| Max Memory Channels | 12 | |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 768.0 GB/s | |
| ECC Memory Support | Yes | Yes |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| PCIe Version | 5 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 96 | 16 |
| Official Website | Official Link ↗ | |
| Graphics Card Parameters | ||
| Integrated Graphics | true | |
| GPU Base Frequency | 800 MHz | |
| GPU Max Dynamic Frequency | 2900 MHz | |
| Shader Units | 1024 | |
| Texture Units | 64 | |
| Raster Operation Units | 40 | |
| Execution Units | 16 | |
| Power Consumption | 15 | |