Intel Itanium 9340 vs Intel Itanium 9330

Comparative analysis of Intel Itanium 9340 and Intel Itanium 9330 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

Intel Itanium 9340

Intel Itanium 9330

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9340

Around 8% higher clock speed: 1.73 GHz vs 1.60 GHz

Maximum frequency	1.73 GHz vs 1.60 GHz

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9330

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 155 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Itanium 9340	Intel Itanium 9330
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tukwila	Tukwila
Launch date	Q1'10	Q1'10
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Processor Number	9340	9330
Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	1.46 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI	4.8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	1.73 GHz	1.60 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	8
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA1248	FCLGA1248
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	155 Watt
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	50-bit	50-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)