Itanium 9540 vs Xeon Phi 7120A
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Architecture codename | Knights Corner (2012−2014) | no data |
| Release date | 6 April 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Phi 7120A 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 | 61 (Henihexaconta-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 244 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 1.24 GHz | 2.13 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.33 GHz | no data |
| Bus rate | no data | 6.4 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 32 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB (shared) | 24 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 350 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Phi 7120A 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 | 1 | no data |
| Socket | PCIe x16 | LGA1248 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 170 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9540 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 Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 April 2014 | 1 October 2012 |
| Physical cores | 61 | 8 |
| Threads | 244 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 170 Watt |
Xeon Phi 7120A has an age advantage of 1 year, 662.5% more physical cores and 1425% more threads, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.
Itanium 9540, on the other hand, has 76.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Phi 7120A and Itanium 9540. We've got no test results to judge.
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