Itanium 9540: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Itanium 9540 sales 1 October 2012. This is a desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems.
Compatibility-wise, this is LGA1248 processor with a TDP of 170 Watt.
Primary details
Itanium 9540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.13 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Bus rate | 6.4 GT/s | |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Itanium 9540 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | LGA1248 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| VT-i | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Itanium 9540's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| ECC memory support | + |
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Recommended GPUs
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Itanium 9540 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 6 configurations using Itanium 9540 in our database.
