Intel Xeon 678X vs Intel Core i9 9960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Feb 2026
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Granite Rapids
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
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Series
Intel Xeon 6 processors
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i9-9960X
Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 4710
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
300 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
85 °C
Foundry
Intel
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Die Size
2x598 mm²
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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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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
48
16
Performance Core Threads
96
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
48
16
Total Thread Count
96
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
24.0
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L1 Cache
112 KB per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
192 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
4 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
8
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
3.0
PCIe Lanes
128
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
2,986
1,432
Geekbench 6
34,711
10,707
Cinebench R23
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1,075
Cinebench R23
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17,953
Passmark CPU
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2,608
Passmark CPU
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30,525
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.