Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jan 2020
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
sTRX4
Power Consumption
400 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
95 °C
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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19.2 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
2.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
264
64
Total Thread Count
264
128
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
29x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
528 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
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Performance Cores
-
64
Performance Core Threads
-
128
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
95.37 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,262
Cinebench R23
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75,671
Geekbench 6
-
1,138
Geekbench 5
-
1,265
Geekbench 6
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11,211
Geekbench 5
-
27,453
Passmark CPU
-
2,564
Passmark CPU
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80,316