Xeon Gold 5318S vs E5640

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5640 and Xeon Gold 5318S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1793not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.85no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency2.81no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5640 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads848
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.93 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data87 °C
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5640 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5640 and Xeon Gold 5318S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5640 and Xeon Gold 5318S technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5640 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 E5640 and Xeon Gold 5318S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size288 GB6 TB
Max memory channels38
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5640 and Xeon Gold 5318S.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2010 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 8 48
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5640 has 106.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

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