Itanium 9540 vs Xeon E5-2630 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking991not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.33no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.13no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)no data
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$667no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2016
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 8 GT/s6.4 GT/s
Multiplier22no data
L2 cache2.5 MBno data
L3 cache25 MB24 MB
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °C95 °C
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA2011LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-ino data+
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133no data
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Itanium 9540.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 1 October 2012
Physical cores 10 8
Threads 20 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 170 Watt

Xeon E5-2630 v4 has an age advantage of 3 years, 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

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