Itanium 9560 vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

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Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 Athlon 64 X2 TK-42
Itanium 9560 Itanium 9560

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3049not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Athlon 64no data
Power efficiency1.70no data
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)no data
Release date1 November 2009 (15 years ago)1 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Bus rate1600 MHz6.4 GT/s
L1 cache0 MBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cacheno data32 MB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C95 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560 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.

SocketSocket S1LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNowno data
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary

Recency 1 November 2009 1 October 2012
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 170 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 has 750% lower power consumption.

Itanium 9560, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 is a notebook processor while Itanium 9560 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Itanium 9560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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