Intel Itanium 9340 vs Intel Xeon L5638

Comparative analysis of Intel Itanium 9340 and Intel Xeon L5638 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Itanium 9340

Intel Xeon L5638

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5638

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 39% higher clock speed: 2.40 GHz vs 1.73 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 185 Watt

Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz vs 1.73 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Itanium 9340
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5638

Name	Intel Itanium 9340	Intel Xeon L5638
PassMark - Single thread mark		944
PassMark - CPU mark		7217

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Itanium 9340	Intel Xeon L5638
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tukwila	Westmere EP
Launch date	Q1'10	March 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	2178
Processor Number	9340	L5638
Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status	Discontinued	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$90
Price now		$69.90
Value for money (0-100)		23.41
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	2.00 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI	5.86 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	1.73 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	4	6
Number of threads	8	12
Die size		239 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		12288 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		85°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		1.0 - 1.5V
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA1248	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	60 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR3