CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X

CORE STATE Shimada Peak

CORE SPECS 64 Cores / 128 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 256 MB

MAX TDP 350W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 696X

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 64 Cores / 128 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 336 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 350W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

13,157

8,994

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

1,857

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

54,822

37,475

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

7,739

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

130,529

89,227

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

18,427

N/A

passmark_data_compression

2,974,534

2,264,907

passmark_data_encryption

157,137

112,529

passmark_extended_instructions

228,959

172,975

passmark_find_prime_numbers

769

853

passmark_floating_point_math

559,003

450,164

passmark_integer_math

872,071

572,072

passmark_multithread

141,641

104,974

passmark_physics

8,001

3,382

passmark_random_string_sorting

292,083

180,392

passmark_single_thread

4,537

3,742

passmark_singlethread

4,537

3,742

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Threadripper 9980X

696X

Core Specs

Cores

64

64 0.0%

Threads

128

128 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

2.4 -25.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.4

4.8 -11.1%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

2.4 -25.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.4

4.8 -11.1%

Multiplier

32

24 -25.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

256 MB

336 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

350

350 0.0%

Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Granite Rapids

Codename

Shimada Peak

Granite Rapids

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 5 (Shimada Peak))

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

4 nm

5 nm

Transistors

66,520 million

—

Die Size

8x 70.6 mm²

2x 598 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Quad-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

204.8 GB/s

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

—

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 80 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

—

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$4999

$5599

Part Number

100-000001593

SRWQ7

Package

FC-LGA4844

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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