Ryzen 9 5950X vs Itanium 9750

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Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated160
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.74
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiencyno data25.85
Architecture codenameno dataVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)
Release date1 April 2017 (7 years ago)5 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads832
Base clock speed2.53 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.9 GHz
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data34
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache32 MB64 MB
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno dataCPU cores: 2x 80.7 sq. mm., I/O: 125 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 data1
SocketLGA1248AM4
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2017 5 November 2020
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 8 32
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 105 Watt

Ryzen 9 5950X has an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 61.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Itanium 9750 and Ryzen 9 5950X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Itanium 9750 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 5950X is a desktop one.


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