Itanium 9320 vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-55
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3371 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | 2x Athlon 64 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Taylor / Hawk-256 | no data |
| Release date | no data | 1 January 2010 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9320 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.33 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 1.47 GHz |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | no data |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB L3 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9320 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.
| Socket | no data | FCLGA1248 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 KB | 155 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 1.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 50 Bit |
Security technologies
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9320 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9320 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 Watt | 155 Watt |
Itanium 9320 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 230.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Intel Itanium 9320. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 is a notebook processor while Itanium 9320 is a server/workstation one.
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