Intel Itanium 9760 vs Intel Xeon E5-2603

Comparative analysis of Intel Itanium 9760 and Intel Xeon E5-2603 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Itanium 9760

Intel Xeon E5-2603

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9760

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 95.0 C vs 70.0°C

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	95.0 C vs 70.0°C

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2603

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Itanium 9760
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2603

Name	Intel Itanium 9760	Intel Xeon E5-2603
PassMark - Single thread mark		871
PassMark - CPU mark		4323
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1771
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5271

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Itanium 9760	Intel Xeon E5-2603
Essentials
Architecture codename	Kittson	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q2'17	March 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	1641
Processor Number	9760	E5-2603
Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9700 Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$207
Price now		$27.84
Value for money (0-100)		37.88
Performance
Base frequency	2.66 GHz	1.80 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95.0 C	70.0°C
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	16	4
64 bit support
Die size		294 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		10240 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency		1.8 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	LGA1248	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	80 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
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		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only