Itanium 9760 vs Xeon X5698

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1857not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.58no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)no data
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)1 April 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed4.4 GHz2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHzno data
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache12288 KB (shared)32 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760 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 configuration2no data
Socket1366LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++

Security technologies

Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760 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 X5698 and Itanium 9760 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
VT-ino data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2011 1 April 2017
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 170 Watt

Xeon X5698 has 30.8% lower power consumption.

Itanium 9760, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5698 and Itanium 9760. We've got no test results to judge.


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