Xeon Platinum 8593Q vs Itanium 9520

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Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameno dataEmerald Rapids (2023)
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12,400

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads8128
Base clock speed1.73 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.9 GHz
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache20 MB320 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data60 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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 data2
SocketLGA1248FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt385 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9520 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 64
Threads 8 128
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 385 Watt

Itanium 9520 has 196.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8593Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

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