Xeon E-2468 vs Itanium 9720

Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9720 and Xeon E-2468 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	393
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	92.92
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	no data	24.03
Architecture codename	no data	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	1 April 2017 (7 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$426

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9720 and Xeon E-2468 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	1.73 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	5.2 GHz
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	16 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	257 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9720 and Xeon E-2468 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	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9720 and Xeon E-2468. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+

Security technologies

Itanium 9720 and Xeon E-2468 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9720 and Xeon E-2468 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 9720 and Xeon E-2468. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9720 and Xeon E-2468.

PCIe version	no data	5
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 April 2017	14 December 2023
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	65 Watt

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