Xeon Gold 5218 vs Bronze 3204

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Bronze 3204
2019
6 cores / 6 threads, 85 Watt
3.08
Xeon Gold 5218
2019
16 cores / 32 threads, 125 Watt
13.63
+343%

Xeon Gold 5218 outperforms Xeon Bronze 3204 by a whopping 343% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1632547
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.0814.52
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon BronzeIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency3.4110.27
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$213$1,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5218 has 11% better value for money than Xeon Bronze 3204.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads632
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier1923
L1 cache384 KB1 MB
L2 cache6 MB16 MB
L3 cache8.25 MB22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °C87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth102.403 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Xeon Gold 5218.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Bronze 3204 3.08
Xeon Gold 5218 13.63
+343%

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.

Xeon Bronze 3204 4886
Xeon Gold 5218 21651
+343%

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.

Xeon Bronze 3204 693
Xeon Gold 5218 1157
+67%

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.

Xeon Bronze 3204 2914
Xeon Gold 5218 8111
+178%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.08 13.63
Physical cores 6 16
Threads 6 32
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Bronze 3204 has 47.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5218, on the other hand, has a 342.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 166.7% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5218 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Bronze 3204 in performance tests.


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