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Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

	CPU Intel Xeon 6980E+	CPU AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2026	Jan 2026
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)	Ryzen 7 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		9850X3D
Series		Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	4 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 7529	AM5
Power Consumption	400 W	120 W
Peak Operating Temperature	99°C	95 °C
Foundry	Intel	TSMC
I/O Process Size	10 nm	6 nm
I/O Die Size	2x 241	122 mm²
Package	FC-LGA18N	FC-LGA1718
Transistor Count		8.315 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption		162 W
Die Size		70.6 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	4.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.2 GHz	5.6 GHz
Total Core Count	264	8
Total Thread Count	264	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	21.0	47
L1 Cache	96 KB per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	4 MB per module	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	528 MB shared	96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
SMP	2	1
Performance Cores		8
Performance Core Threads		16
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
PCIe Version	5	5.0
PCIe Lanes	96	28
Official Website		Official Link ↗
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