Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y vs Intel Itanium 9560

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y and Intel Itanium 9560 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y

Intel Itanium 9560

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
16 more threads: 32 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 32 nm

Number of cores	16 vs 8
Number of threads	32 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9560

Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
CPU 2: Intel Itanium 9560

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y	Intel Itanium 9560
PassMark - Single thread mark	3082
PassMark - CPU mark	68988

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y	Intel Itanium 9560
Essentials
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	Q4'12
Launch price (MSRP)	$1517
Place in performance rating	131	not rated
Architecture codename		Poulson
Processor Number		9560
Series		Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 Series
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.53 GHz
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	37.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz
Number of cores	16	8
Number of threads	32	16
Unlocked
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		95 C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	4677	LGA1248
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	170 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)