Itanium 9560 vs Xeon Gold 5220R

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5220R and Itanium 9560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking269not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.01no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency13.04no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)no data
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,555no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5220R 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads4816
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHzno data
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s6.4 GT/s
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.5 MBno data
L2 cache24 MBno data
L3 cache35.75 MB32 MB
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C95 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5220R 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.

SocketFCLGA3647LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5220R and Itanium 9560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5220R 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 Xeon Gold 5220R and Itanium 9560 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-ino data+
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5220R and Itanium 9560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667no data
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5220R and Itanium 9560.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2020 1 October 2012
Physical cores 24 8
Threads 48 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 170 Watt

Xeon Gold 5220R has an age advantage of 7 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 13.3% lower power consumption.

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