Itanium 9560 vs Xeon Silver 4114

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4114 and Itanium 9560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	910	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.56	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	9.20	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	no data
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$694	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4114 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	10 (Deca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	20	16
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	640 KB	no data
L2 cache	10 MB	no data
L3 cache	13.75 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4114 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Itanium 9560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4114 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 Silver 4114 and Itanium 9560 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 Silver 4114 and Itanium 9560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Itanium 9560.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	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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