Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Mar 2017
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
14 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AM4
Power Consumption
400 W
95 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°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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4.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
264
8
Total Thread Count
264
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
36x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
528 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
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
39.74 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
3.0
PCIe Lanes
96
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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963
Cinebench R23
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9,232
Geekbench 6
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1,096
Geekbench 5
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981
Geekbench 6
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5,970
Geekbench 5
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6,696
Passmark CPU
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2,178
Passmark CPU
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16,305
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.