3020e vs Itanium 9720

Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9720 and 3020e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2015
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Architecture codename	no data	Dali (Zen)
Release date	1 April 2017 (7 years ago)	4 August 2020 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9720 and 3020e 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	20 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9720 and 3020e 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	LGA1248	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9720 and 3020e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-2400, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Itanium 9720 and 3020e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9720 and 3020e are enumerated here.

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 9720 and 3020e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 April 2017	4 August 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	6 Watt

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