Ultra 5 125U vs Itanium 9740

Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated705
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Meteor Lake-U
Power efficiencyno data69.34
Architecture codenameno dataMeteor Lake-P (2023)
Release date1 April 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$363

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1614
Base clock speed2.13 GHz1.3 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.3 GHz
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 4 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C110 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U 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.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketLGA1248FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-i+no data
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.85 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data12
PCI supportno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 14
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 15 Watt

Itanium 9740 has 14.3% more threads.

Ultra 5 125U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 50% more physical cores, and 1033.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Itanium 9740 and Core Ultra 5 125U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Itanium 9740 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 125U is a notebook one.


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