Itanium 9130M vs Xeon Platinum 8256

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking902not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.40no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency3.84no data
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)no data
Release date11 December 2018 (6 years ago)1 October 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,007no data

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Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8256 and Itanium 9130M 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)no data
Threads8no data
Base clock speed3.8 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHzno data
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache16.5 MB (shared)8 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Maximum core temperature72 °C76 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8256 and Itanium 9130M 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647PPGA611
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt104 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Itanium 9130M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
FSB parityno data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8256 and Itanium 9130M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Itanium 9130M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Itanium 9130M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933no data
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Itanium 9130M.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 1 October 2007
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 104 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8256 has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

Itanium 9130M, on the other hand, has 1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 and Intel Itanium 9130M. We've got no test results to judge.

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