Intel Xeon 6970E+ vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Apr 2018
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen+
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
12 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AM4
Power Consumption
400 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
102°C
85 °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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4.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
192
8
Total Thread Count
192
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
23.0
37x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
480 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
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Performance Cores
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8
Performance Core Threads
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16
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR4-2933
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
43.71 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
3.0
PCIe Lanes
96
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,102
Cinebench R23
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10,106
Geekbench 6
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1,151
Geekbench 5
—
1,068
Geekbench 6
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5,763
Geekbench 5
—
7,310
Passmark CPU
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2,401
Passmark CPU
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17,559
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.