AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Xeon 6990E+
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2020
May 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 2
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
sTRX4
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
280 W
450 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
98°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
64
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Performance Core Threads
128
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
2.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
64
288
Total Thread Count
128
288
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
29x
22.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
576 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
256 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
4
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
95.37 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
64
96
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,262
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Cinebench R23
75,671
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Geekbench 6
1,138
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Geekbench 5
1,265
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Geekbench 6
11,211
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Geekbench 5
27,453
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Passmark CPU
2,564
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Passmark CPU
80,316
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.