Itanium 9760 vs Opteron X2 880

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameEgypt (2005−2006)no data
Release dateSeptember 2005 (19 years ago)1 April 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB32 MB
Chip lithography90 nm32 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors233 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760 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 configuration2no data
Socket940LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760. 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

Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760 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 Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 90 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 170 Watt

Opteron X2 880 has 78.9% lower power consumption.

Itanium 9760, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Opteron X2 880 and Itanium 9760. We've got no test results to judge.


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