Itanium 9330 vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-55
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | 2x Athlon 64 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Taylor / Hawk-256 | no data |
| Release date | no data | 1 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.46 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | no data |
| L3 cache | no data | 20 MB L3 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330 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.
| Socket | no data | FCLGA1248 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 155 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 1.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 50 Bit |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 155 Watt |
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 has 400% lower power consumption.
Itanium 9330, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 is a notebook processor while Itanium 9330 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Itanium 9330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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