Xeon Gold 5218R vs E3-1270 v5

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1270 v5
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
5.25
Xeon Gold 5218R
2020
20 cores / 40 threads, 125 Watt
15.58
+197%

Xeon Gold 5218R outperforms Xeon E3-1270 v5 by a whopping 197% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1189445
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.3521.36
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency6.1811.73
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date19 October 2015 (9 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$339$1,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5218R has 538% better value for money than Xeon E3-1270 v5.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 v5 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads840
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3621
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.25 MB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)20 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data87 °C
Number of transistors1,750 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 v5 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size64 GB1 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Xeon Gold 5218R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1648

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 E3-1270 v5 5.25
Xeon Gold 5218R 15.58
+197%

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 E3-1270 v5 8335
Xeon Gold 5218R 24742
+197%

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 E3-1270 v5 1366
+0.5%
Xeon Gold 5218R 1359

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 E3-1270 v5 4456
Xeon Gold 5218R 9133
+105%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.25 15.58
Recency 19 October 2015 24 February 2020
Physical cores 4 20
Threads 8 40
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon E3-1270 v5 has 56.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5218R, on the other hand, has a 196.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5218R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1270 v5 in performance tests.


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