Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Itanium 9750
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Primary details
Comparing 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 |
| Series | no data | AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300) |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | no data | Strix Point (Zen 5) (2025) |
| Release date | 1 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Itanium 9750 and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 | 2.53 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 6.4 GT/s | no data |
| L2 cache | no data | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 32 MB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Itanium 9750 and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9750 and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Security technologies
Itanium 9750 and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 Z2 Extreme 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 9750 and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. 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 890M |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 April 2017 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen Z2 Extreme has an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 1033.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Intel Itanium 9750 and AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Itanium 9750 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen Z2 Extreme is a notebook one.
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