Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Nov 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen 2
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AM4
Power Consumption
400 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
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Foundry
Intel
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I/O Process Size
10 nm
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I/O Die Size
2x 241
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Package
FC-LGA18N
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Transistor Count
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3.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
264
16
Total Thread Count
264
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
35x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
528 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
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Performance Cores
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16
Performance Core Threads
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32
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,349
Cinebench R23
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24,396
Geekbench 6
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1,709
Geekbench 6
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11,656
Cinebench 2024
-
72
Cinebench 2024
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1,325
Passmark CPU
-
2,692
Passmark CPU
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38,953