Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jul 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen 2
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AM4
Power Consumption
330 W
95 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
95 °C
Foundry
Intel
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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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3.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
144
6
Total Thread Count
144
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
38x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
432 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
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Performance Cores
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6
Performance Core Threads
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12
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
4.0
PCIe Lanes
96
16
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
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1,534
Geekbench 5
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1,323
Geekbench 6
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6,388
Geekbench 5
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7,338
Passmark CPU
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2,636
Passmark CPU
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18,224
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.