Intel Itanium 9540 vs Intel Core i5-9600

Comparative analysis of Intel Itanium 9540 and Intel Core i5-9600 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 9540

Intel Core i5-9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9540

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6

Number of cores	8 vs 6

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 170 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Itanium 9540
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-9600

Name	Intel Itanium 9540	Intel Core i5-9600
PassMark - Single thread mark		2716
PassMark - CPU mark		10270

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Itanium 9540	Intel Core i5-9600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Poulson	Coffee Lake
Launch date	Q4'12	October 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	828
Processor Number	9540
Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$224
Performance
Base frequency	2.13 GHz	3.10 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI	8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 C
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	16
64 bit support
L1 cache		64K (per core)
L2 cache		256K (per core)
L3 cache		9 MB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		4.60 GHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	LGA1248	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Itanium (VT-i)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4-2666