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Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

CPU CPU
General Parameters
Release Date May 2026 Apr 2025
Manufacturer Intel Amd
Type Server Laptop
Core Architecture Clearwater Forest Zen 4 (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 FL1
Power Consumption 400 W 55 W
Peak Operating Temperature 99°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
Max Turbo Power Consumption 75 W
Die Size 2x71 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 3.2 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total Core Count 264 16
Total Thread Count 264 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21.0 24
L1 Cache 96 KB per core 64 K per core
L2 Cache 4 MB per module 1 MB per core
L3 Cache 528 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
Max Memory Channels 12 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support Yes No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version 5 5.0
PCIe Lanes 96 28
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency 2200 MHz