Itanium 9540 vs Xeon Platinum 9282

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9282 and Itanium 9540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)	no data
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9282 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 cores	56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	112	16
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	no data
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	26	no data
L1 cache	3.5 MB	no data
L2 cache	56 MB	no data
L3 cache	77 MB (shared)	24 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9282 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 configuration	8	no data
Socket	Intel BGA5903	LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Itanium 9540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
SIPP	+	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9282 and Itanium 9540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Itanium 9540 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Itanium 9540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	no data
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	12	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	281.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	1 October 2012
Physical cores	56	8
Threads	112	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	170 Watt

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