Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Oct 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Arrow Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Ultra 9(Arrow Lake)
Instruction Set
—
x86-64
Processor Number
—
285K
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
3 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
FCLGA-1851
Power Consumption
400 W
125 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
105 °C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
I/O Process Size
10 nm
—
I/O Die Size
2x 241
—
Package
FC-LGA18N
FC-LGA18W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
250 W
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
264
24
Total Thread Count
264
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
37
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
112 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
528 MB shared
36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
1
Performance Cores
—
8
Performance Core Threads
—
8
Efficiency Cores
—
16
Efficiency Core Threads
—
16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
3.2 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.6 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
5.0
PCIe Lanes
96
24
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2000 MHz
Shader Units
—
512
Texture Units
—
32
Raster Operation Units
—
16
Execution Units
—
64
Power Consumption
—
14
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
—
2,318
Cinebench R23
—
41,583
Geekbench 6
—
3,380
Geekbench 6
—
23,087
Cinebench 2024
—
142
Cinebench 2024
—
2,357
Blender
—
656
Passmark CPU
—
5,080
Passmark CPU
—
67,744
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.