Apple M1 vs Itanium 9340
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1472 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Designer | Intel | Apple |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Itanium 9340 and M1: 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.064 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.73 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | no data | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 20 MB L3 Cache | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 16000 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Itanium 9340 and M1 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 | FCLGA1248 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9340 and M1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 50 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Itanium 9340 and M1 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9340 and M1 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M1 8-Core GPU |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2010 | 10 November 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
Apple M1 has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Intel Itanium 9340 and Apple M1. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Itanium 9340 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M1 is a notebook one.
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