Intel Xeon 6990E+ vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon Graphics
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set
—
x86-64
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
AM5
Power Consumption
450 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
95 °C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
I/O Process Size
10 nm
6 nm
I/O Die Size
2x 241
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Package
FC-LGA18N
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
288
8
Total Thread Count
288
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
22.0
38
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
576 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
1
Performance Cores
—
8
Performance Core Threads
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16
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
5.0
PCIe Lanes
96
28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Execution Units
—
2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
—
2,160
Cinebench R23
—
19,539
Geekbench 6
—
3,333
Geekbench 6
—
17,500
Cinebench 2024
—
133
Cinebench 2024
—
1,115
Cinebench 2026
—
5,262
Passmark CPU
—
4,627
Passmark CPU
—
37,369
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.