Itanium 9760 vs Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking34not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.71no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripperno data
Power efficiency16.99no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)no data
Release date7 February 2020 (4 years ago)1 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,999no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads12816
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHzno data
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
Multiplier29no data
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache256 MB32 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm32 nm
Die size74 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,800 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760 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 configuration1no data
SocketTR4LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200no data
Maximum memory size256 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth102.403 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760.

PCIe version4.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 February 2020 1 April 2017
Physical cores 64 8
Threads 128 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 170 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X has an age advantage of 2 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

Itanium 9760, on the other hand, has 64.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Itanium 9760. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen Threadripper 3990X is a desktop processor while Itanium 9760 is a server/workstation one.


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