CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.4 Base / 5.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 120W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 6740E

CORE STATE Sierra Forest

CORE SPECS 96 Cores / 96 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 3.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 96 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 250W

ARCHITECTURE Sierra Forest

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

12,552

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,519

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,886

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,114

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

13,929

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,286

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,680

6,525

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

921

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

27,191

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

3,838

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

64,741

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

9,140

geekbench_multicore

19,827

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

N/A

passmark_data_compression

683,579

1,786,845

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

137,106

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

78,968

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

526

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

309,333

passmark_integer_math

181,056

457,614

passmark_multithread

54,643

76,167

passmark_physics

3,381

7,608

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

220,684

passmark_single_thread

4,672

1,997

passmark_singlethread

4,672

1,997

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

6740E

Core Specs

Cores

12

96 +700.0%

Threads

24

96 +300.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

2.4 -45.5%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

3.2 -42.9%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

2.4 -45.5%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

3.2 -42.9%

Multiplier

44

24 -45.5%

SMP CPUs

1

2 +100.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

96 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

4 MB (per module)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

96 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

250 +108.3%

PPT

162 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Sierra Forest

Codename

Granite Ridge

Sierra Forest

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Xeon 6 (Sierra Forest-SP)

Process Size

4 nm

5 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

578 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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 88 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

10 nm

Interconnect

UPI Links

—

4 x24 20 GT/s

CXL

—

Gen 2.0, 64 Lanes (Shared with PCI-E)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

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Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$499

$5265

Part Number

100-000000662

SRPFV

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

95°C

106°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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