AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Xeon 6960E+
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
May 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Vermeer
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
65 W
330 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
98°C
Foundry
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Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
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Performance Core Threads
24
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
12
144
Total Thread Count
24
144
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
20
96
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,584
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Cinebench R23
20,887
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Geekbench 6
2,080
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Geekbench 5
1,715
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Geekbench 6
9,774
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Geekbench 5
13,017
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Blender
282
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Passmark CPU
3,447
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Passmark CPU
34,510
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.