CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 128 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

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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

16,374

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,549

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,963

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,259

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

17,184

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,292

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

6,018

6,525

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

849

921

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

25,079

27,191

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,540

3,838

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

59,712

64,741

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

8,430

9,140

geekbench_multicore

22,515

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,401

N/A

passmark_data_compression

908,421

1,786,845

passmark_data_encryption

44,536

137,106

passmark_extended_instructions

73,011

78,968

passmark_find_prime_numbers

613

526

passmark_floating_point_math

159,724

309,333

passmark_integer_math

243,209

457,614

passmark_multithread

70,255

76,167

passmark_physics

5,670

7,608

passmark_random_string_sorting

95,423

220,684

passmark_single_thread

4,737

1,997

passmark_singlethread

4,737

1,997

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X3D

6740E

Core Specs

Cores

16

96 +500.0%

Threads

32

96 +200.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

3.2 -43.9%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

3.2 -43.9%

Multiplier

43

24 -44.2%

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

128 MB (shared)

96 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

250 +47.1%

PPT

230 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

$699

$5265

Part Number

100-000000719

SRPFV

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

95°C

106°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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