Xeon Gold 5318H vs i5-8550

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated325
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Core i5no data
Power efficiencyno data11.63
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 September 2018 (6 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads636
Base clock speed3 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache9 MB (shared)24.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)4
Socket1151FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size64 GB1.12 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2018 6 April 2021
Physical cores 6 18
Threads 6 36
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 150 Watt

i5-8550 has 130.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8550 and Xeon Gold 5318H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-8550 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5318H is a server/workstation one.


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