AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon 6980E+
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
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
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
95 W
400 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
99°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
6
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Performance Core Threads
12
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
6
264
Total Thread Count
12
264
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
21.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
528 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
64 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
24
96
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,039
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Geekbench 5
988
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Geekbench 6
4,315
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Geekbench 5
5,881
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Passmark CPU
2,197
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Passmark CPU
13,019
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.