Itanium 9150M vs Pentium 2020M

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2548	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	2.34	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	no data
Release date	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)	1 October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M 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	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	24 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Die size	118 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	76 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M 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	1	no data
Socket	FCPGA988	PPGA611
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	104 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	+
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
FSB parity	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	-
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2020M and Itanium 9150M.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2012	1 October 2007
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	104 Watt

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