Itanium 9560 vs Pentium E5500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2762	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	0.94	no data
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	no data
Release date	18 April 2010 (14 years ago)	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	6.4 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	32 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	LGA775	LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5500 and Itanium 9560.

PCIe version

2.0

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 April 2010	1 October 2012
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	170 Watt

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