Intel Xeon 658X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Feb 2026
Sep 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Granite Rapids
Matisse
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
7 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 4710
AMD Socket AM4
Power Consumption
250 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
95 °C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
Die Size
2x598 mm²
74 mm²
I/O Process Size
10 nm
12 nm
I/O Die Size
2x 241
124 mm²
Package
FC-LGA18N
µOPGA-1331
Transistor Count
—
3.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
—
Performance Core Threads
48
—
Performance Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
24
6
Total Thread Count
48
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30.0
36.0
L1 Cache
112 KB per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
144 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
4 TB
—
Max Memory Channels
8
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
4
PCIe Lanes
128
24
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
3,096
1,650
Geekbench 6
29,732
6,523
Cinebench R23
—
1,166
Cinebench R23
—
6,717
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.