Pentium Extreme Edition 955 vs Itanium 9320

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data0.09
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameno dataPresler (2005−2007)
Release date1 January 2010 (15 years ago)27 December 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Itanium 9320 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.33 GHz3.466 GHz
Boost clock speed1.47 GHz0.47 GHz
L1 cacheno data16 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB L3 Cacheno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data2x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data69 °C
Number of transistorsno data376 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9320 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA1248775
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9320 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE50 Bitno data

Security technologies

Itanium 9320 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9320 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Itanium 9320 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2010 27 December 2005
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 130 Watt

Itanium 9320 has an age advantage of 4 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium Extreme Edition 955, on the other hand, has 19.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Intel Itanium 9320 and Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Itanium 9320 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Extreme Edition 955 is a desktop one.

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