Xeon w5-2545 vs Itanium 9760

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Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data83.24
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data11.82
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 April 2017 (7 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$889

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545 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)
Threads1624
Base clock speed2.66 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.7 GHz
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB30 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545 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
SocketLGA1248FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt210 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545 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 9760 and Xeon w5-2545. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2017 24 August 2024
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 210 Watt

Itanium 9760 has 23.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon w5-2545, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Itanium 9760 and Xeon w5-2545. We've got no test results to judge.


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