Ryzen 5 5600H vs Itanium 9540
Primary details
Comparing Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 710 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 41 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 22.51 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (12 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.13 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 6.4 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 33 |
| L1 cache | no data | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 | LGA1248 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| VT-i | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2012 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | 45 Watt |
Itanium 9540 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.
Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 277.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Itanium 9540 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 5 5600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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