Itanium 9140M vs Athlon 64 X2 5600+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Itanium 9140M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2817not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.61no data
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)no data
Release dateDecember 2006 (17 years ago)1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Itanium 9140M 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)no data
Threads2no data
Base clock speedno data1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHzno data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache512Kno data
L3 cache0 KB18 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Die size220 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
Number of transistors227 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Itanium 9140M 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
SocketAM2PPGA611
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt104 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Itanium 9140M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
FSB parityno data+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Itanium 9140M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Itanium 9140M are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 104 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ has 16.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Itanium 9140M. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 5600+ is a desktop processor while Itanium 9140M is a server/workstation one.


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AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
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