Xeon Platinum 9282 vs Gold 5118

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking747not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.14no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency9.43no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,273no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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)56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads24112
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2326
L1 cache768 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache12 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16.5 MB77 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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)8
SocketFCLGA3647Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
PowerNow-+
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size768 GB2 TiB
Max memory channels612
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 12 56
Threads 24 112
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon Gold 5118 has 281% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9282, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 366.7% more physical cores and 366.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 9282. We've got no test results to judge.


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