Xeon Gold 5418Y vs E5-2630 v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2630 v4
2016
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
7.30
Xeon Gold 5418Y
2023
24 cores / 48 threads, 185 Watt
28.01
+284%

Xeon Gold 5418Y outperforms Xeon E5-2630 v4 by a whopping 284% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking991167
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.3354.33
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.1314.33
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$667$1,493

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5418Y has 1532% better value for money than Xeon E5-2630 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2048
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y 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)2
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® 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+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1.5 TB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth68.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Gold 5418Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4080

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 E5-2630 v4 7.30
Xeon Gold 5418Y 28.01
+284%

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 E5-2630 v4 11591
Xeon Gold 5418Y 44487
+284%

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 E5-2630 v4 977
Xeon Gold 5418Y 1242
+27.1%

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 E5-2630 v4 5326
Xeon Gold 5418Y 10235
+92.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.30 28.01
Recency 20 June 2016 10 January 2023
Physical cores 10 24
Threads 20 48
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon E5-2630 v4 has 117.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5418Y, on the other hand, has a 283.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 140% more physical cores and 140% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5418Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2630 v4 in performance tests.


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