Itanium 9520: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Itanium 9520 sales 1 October 2012. This is desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems.
Compatibility-wise, this is LGA1248 processor with a TDP of 130 Watt.
Primary Details
Itanium 9520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (11 years ago) | |
| Current price | $2887 | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Detailed Specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 8 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.73 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| L3 cache | 20 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Itanium 9520 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | LGA1248 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| VT-i | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Itanium 9520's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| ECC memory support | + |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Itanium 9520, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Itanium 9520 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 17 configurations based on Itanium 9520 in our database.
