CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 654

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 18 Cores / 36 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.1 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 72 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 200W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,263

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

5,256

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

742

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

21,903

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

3,092

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

52,150

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

7,362

geekbench_multicore

25,895

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,059

N/A

passmark_data_compression

896,544

818,902

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

40,675

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

63,539

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

390

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

163,093

passmark_integer_math

242,097

207,745

passmark_multithread

66,030

61,353

passmark_physics

3,279

5,596

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

82,828

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,778

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

654

Core Specs

Cores

16

18 +12.5%

Threads

32

36 +12.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

3.1 -27.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.8 -15.8%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

3.1 -27.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.8 -15.8%

Multiplier

43

31 -27.9%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB

72 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

200 +17.6%

PPT

230 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Granite Rapids

Codename

Granite Ridge

Granite Rapids

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

4 nm

5 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

2x 598 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 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)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

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Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

$1199

Part Number

100-000001277

SA2DP

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

95°C

96°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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