Intel Xeon 6990E+ vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jul 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Matisse
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
450 W
65 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
2.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
288
6
Total Thread Count
288
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
22.0
36x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
512 K per core
L3 Cache
576 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
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
4.0
PCIe Lanes
96
16
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,269
Cinebench R23
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9,245
Geekbench 6
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1,640
Geekbench 5
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1,240
Geekbench 6
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7,084
Geekbench 5
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7,078
Blender
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155
Passmark CPU
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2,565
Passmark CPU
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17,685
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.