Xeon Gold 6444Y vs Itanium 9550

Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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	Server
Architecture codename	no data	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,517

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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	4 (Quad-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	8	32
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	4 GHz
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	80K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	32 MB	45 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	75 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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	2
Socket	LGA1248	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Itanium 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9550 and Xeon Gold 6444Y.

PCIe version	no data	5
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2012	10 January 2023
Physical cores	4	16
Threads	8	32
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	270 Watt

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