Itanium 9550 vs A6-5400K

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Primary details

Comparing A6-5400K and Itanium 9550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2594not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.16no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)no data
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-5400K and Itanium 9550 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHzno data
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KB32 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A6-5400K and Itanium 9550 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFM2LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-5400K and Itanium 9550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+

Security technologies

A6-5400K and Itanium 9550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-5400K and Itanium 9550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-5400K and Itanium 9550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon HD 7540Dno data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 170 Watt

A6-5400K has 161.5% lower power consumption.

Itanium 9550, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A6-5400K and Itanium 9550. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A6-5400K is a desktop processor while Itanium 9550 is a server/workstation one.


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