Intel Itanium 9350 vs AMD A10-4600M

Comparative analysis of Intel Itanium 9350 and AMD A10-4600M 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Itanium 9350

AMD A10-4600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9350

4 more threads: 8 vs 4

Number of threads	8 vs 4

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-4600M

Around 71% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 1.87 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 185 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 1.87 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Itanium 9350
CPU 2: AMD A10-4600M

Name	Intel Itanium 9350	AMD A10-4600M
PassMark - Single thread mark		1079
PassMark - CPU mark		1939
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		912
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7.18
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.896
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3279
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3279

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Itanium 9350	AMD A10-4600M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tukwila	Trinity
Launch date	Q1'10	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	2052
Processor Number	9350
Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series	AMD A-Series
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.73 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	1.87 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		192 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
Transistor count		1303 Million
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA1248	FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR3