Itanium 9540 vs Xeon E5-2630 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	991	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.33	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	8.12	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	no data
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$667	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 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	10 (Deca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	20	16
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	no data
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 8 GT/s	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	22	no data
L2 cache	2.5 MB	no data
L3 cache	25 MB	24 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	3200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	no data
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	1 October 2012
Physical cores	10	8
Threads	20	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	170 Watt

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