Xeon Gold 5218R vs Gold 5118

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 5118
2017
12 cores / 24 threads, 105 Watt
10.46
Xeon Gold 5218R
2020
20 cores / 40 threads, 125 Watt
15.58
+48.9%

Xeon Gold 5218R outperforms Xeon Gold 5118 by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Gold 5218R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking747446
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.1421.28
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency9.4311.80
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,273$1,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5218R has 314% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5118.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5118 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads2440
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2321
L1 cache768 KB1.25 MB
L2 cache12 MB20 MB
L3 cache16.5 MB27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °C87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5118 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Gold 5218R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Gold 5218R 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 Xeon Gold 5218R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Gold 5218R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Gold 5218R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 Gold 5118 10.46
Xeon Gold 5218R 15.58
+48.9%

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 Gold 5118 16620
Xeon Gold 5218R 24742
+48.9%

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 Gold 5118 991
Xeon Gold 5218R 1359
+37.1%

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 Gold 5118 6790
Xeon Gold 5218R 9133
+34.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.46 15.58
Recency 11 July 2017 24 February 2020
Physical cores 12 20
Threads 24 40
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Gold 5118 has 19% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5218R, on the other hand, has a 48.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5218R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5118 in performance tests.


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