Ryzen 9 6980HS vs Itanium 9540

Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Architecture codename	no data	Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	5 GHz
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512K (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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	no data	1
Socket	LGA1248	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR5
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9540 and Ryzen 9 6980HS.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	45 Watt

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