Itanium 9350 vs Xeon E3-1240 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1409	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.05	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	5.50	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	no data
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$304	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	1.87 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	24 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350 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	FCLGA1155	FCLGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	+
PAE	no data	50 Bit
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Itanium 9350.

PCIe version

3.0

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2012	1 January 2010
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	185 Watt

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