Atom Z530 vs Xeon Gold 5118
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 736 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.45 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 9.47 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Silverthorne (2008−2010) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,273 | $95 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | 12 |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 16.5 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 24.18 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 81 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.75 -1.1V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530 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 (Multiprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | PBGA441 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 2 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| 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 | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 2 April 2008 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 1 |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 2 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5118 has an age advantage of 9 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
Atom Z530, on the other hand, has 5150% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5118 is a server/workstation processor while Atom Z530 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 5118 and Atom Z530, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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