Itanium 9720 vs Atom D2550

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3460	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	1.01	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Cedarview (2011−2012)	no data
Release date	1 November 2011 (14 years ago)	1 April 2017 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic parameters of Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720: 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	4	8
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.87 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	6.4 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	20 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	176 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720 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	FCBGA559	LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
VT-i	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	4 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 (640 MHz)

no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2550 and Itanium 9720.

PCI Express lanes

4

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 November 2011	1 April 2017
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	130 Watt