Itanium 9760 vs Xeon E5-2696 V3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Itanium 9760 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking536not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency9.03no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)no data
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 V3 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3616
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHzno data
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache45 MB (shared)32 MB
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 V3 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 configuration2no data
Socket2011-3LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Itanium 9760. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Itanium 9760 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Itanium 9760 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-ino data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Itanium 9760. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channelno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Itanium 9760.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 1 April 2017
Physical cores 18 8
Threads 36 16
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 170 Watt

Xeon E5-2696 V3 has 125% more physical cores and 125% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 17.2% lower power consumption.

Itanium 9760, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

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