Itanium 9560 vs Core 2 Quad Q9550

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 and Itanium 9560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2158not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesCore 2 Quad (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency1.46no data
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)no data
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speedno data2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed2.83 GHzno data
Bus rate1333 MHz6.4 GT/s
L2 cache12288 KBno data
L3 cacheno data32 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 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.

SocketLGA775LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 and Itanium 9560. 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

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 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 Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 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 Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 and Itanium 9560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1,DDR2,DDR3no data
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 170 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9550 has 78.9% lower power consumption.

Itanium 9560, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9550 and Itanium 9560. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9550 is a desktop processor while Itanium 9560 is a server/workstation one.


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