Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Server
Laptop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 890M
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
FP8
Power Consumption
400 W
15-35 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
100 °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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CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
264
8
Total Thread Count
264
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
20
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
528 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
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Performance Cores
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3
Performance Core Threads
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6
Efficiency Cores
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5
Efficiency Core Threads
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10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
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Max Memory Channels
12
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Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
4.0
PCIe Lanes
96
16
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
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800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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2900 MHz
Shader Units
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1024
Texture Units
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64
Raster Operation Units
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40
Execution Units
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16
Power Consumption
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15
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,953
Cinebench R23
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14,572
Geekbench 6
—
2,753
Geekbench 6
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11,860
Cinebench 2024
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113
Cinebench 2024
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791
Passmark CPU
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4,074
Passmark CPU
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24,157
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.