Xeon Gold 5218R vs Sempron 140
Primary details
Comparing Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 440 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 21.59 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | no data | 11.80 |
| Architecture codename | Sargas (2009−2011) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 22 July 2009 (15 years ago) | 24 February 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $40 | $1,273 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 1.25 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 20 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 27.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 117 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 87 °C |
| Number of transistors | 234 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | AM3 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 July 2009 | 24 February 2020 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 20 |
| Threads | 1 | 40 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 125 Watt |
Sempron 140 has 177.8% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5218R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 1900% more physical cores and 3900% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Sempron 140 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5218R is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Sempron 140 and Xeon Gold 5218R, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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