Intel Xeon 696X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Feb 2026
Jan 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Granite Rapids
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
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
Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
5 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 4710
AM5
Power Consumption
350 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °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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Transistor Count
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13.1 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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90 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
64
12
Performance Core Threads
128
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
Total Core Count
64
12
Total Thread Count
128
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
37x
L1 Cache
112 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
336 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
4 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
8
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
5.0
PCIe Lanes
128
28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
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400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
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128
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
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4
Execution Units
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2
Power Consumption
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15 W
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
3,141
2,946
Geekbench 6
34,549
17,413
Cinebench R23
—
2,034
Cinebench R23
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29,358
Cinebench 2024
—
111
Cinebench 2024
—
1,525
Blender
—
463
Passmark CPU
—
4,149
Passmark CPU
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48,837
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.