Itanium 9740 vs Xeon Bronze 3106

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1790	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.54	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Bronze	no data
Power efficiency	1.64	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	no data
Release date	11 July 2017 (8 years ago)	1 April 2017 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$306	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3106 and Itanium 9740 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	11 MB (shared)	24 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3106 and Itanium 9740 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and Itanium 9740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3106 and Itanium 9740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and Itanium 9740 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and Itanium 9740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	102.403 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and Itanium 9740.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	1 April 2017
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	170 Watt