Apple M1 Pro 8-Core vs Itanium 9760

Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated712
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M-Series
Release date1 April 2017 (7 years ago)18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2.06 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.22 GHz
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data2.3 MB
L2 cacheno data28 MB
L3 cache32 MB16 MB
Chip lithography32 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data33700 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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.

SocketLGA1248no data
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt2060 ‑ 3220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data

Security technologies

Itanium 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2017 18 October 2021
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 2060 Watt

Itanium 9760 has 100% more threads, and 1111.8% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Itanium 9760 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Itanium 9760 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M1 Pro 8-Core is a notebook one.


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