Xeon Gold 5318S vs E5-4607

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1337	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	4.38	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	12	48
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	435 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	87 °C
Number of transistors	2,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S 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	4	2
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	384 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-4607 and Xeon Gold 5318S.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	40	64

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2012	6 April 2021
Physical cores	6	24
Threads	12	48
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	165 Watt

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