AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Xeon 6970E+
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2018
May 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen+
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
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Manufacturing Process
12 nm
3 nm
Socket
sTR4
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
250 W
400 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
102°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
32
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Performance Core Threads
64
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
32
192
Total Thread Count
64
192
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
23.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
480 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
4
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
60
96
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,253
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Geekbench 5
977
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Geekbench 6
7,480
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Geekbench 5
17,328
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Passmark CPU
2,278
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Passmark CPU
31,873
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.