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Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

	CPU Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2014	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Server	Desktop
Core Architecture	Haswell-WS	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated Graphics	N/A	Radeon Graphics
Generation	Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		9950X3D2
Package
Transistor Count	1.4 billions
Manufacturing Process	22 nm	4 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 1150	AM5
Power Consumption	80 W	200 W
Foundry	Intel
Die Size	160 mm²
Package	FC-LGA12C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		270 W
Peak Operating Temperature		95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.4 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	5.6 GHz
Total Core Count	4	16
Total Thread Count	8	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	34.0	43
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	8 MB shared	192 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
SMP	1
Performance Cores		16
Performance Core Threads		32
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR3-1600	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Channels	2
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Max Memory Bandwidth		89.6 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	3	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	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
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1275	3551
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	4198	24343