Intel Itanium 9330 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225

Comparative analysis of Intel Itanium 9330 and Intel Xeon E3-1225 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Itanium 9330

Intel Xeon E3-1225

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9330

4 more threads: 8 vs 4

Number of threads	8 vs 4

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1225

Around 113% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 1.60 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 155 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 1.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 155 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Itanium 9330
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1225

Name	Intel Itanium 9330	Intel Xeon E3-1225
PassMark - Single thread mark		1582
PassMark - CPU mark		3912
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		659
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2145

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Itanium 9330	Intel Xeon E3-1225
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tukwila	Sandy Bridge
Launch date	Q1'10	April 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	2007
Processor Number	9330	E3-1225
Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$150
Price now		$175
Value for money (0-100)		9.95
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.46 GHz	3.10 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI	5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	1.60 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
Die size		216 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		72.6°C
Transistor count		1160 million
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA1248	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	50-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.35 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.35 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics P3000
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		20
PCI Express revision		2.0