Itanium 9320 vs Xeon Phi 7120A

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320 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 codenameKnights Corner (2012−2014)no data
Release date6 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320 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 cores61 (Henihexaconta-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads2448
Base clock speed1.24 GHz1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz1.47 GHz
L1 cache32 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KB (shared)16 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography22 nm65 nm
Die size350 mm2no data
Number of transistors5,000 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320 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 configuration1no data
SocketPCIe x16FCLGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt155 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data50 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2014 1 January 2010
Physical cores 61 4
Threads 244 8
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 155 Watt

Xeon Phi 7120A has an age advantage of 4 years, 1425% more physical cores and 2950% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

Itanium 9320, on the other hand, has 93.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9320. We've got no test results to judge.


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