Xeon Gold 5218 vs Gold 5215M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	493
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	10.40
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,224	$1,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218 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	10 (Deca-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	20	32
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	640 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	10 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB	22 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	87 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218 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)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	Socket P	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	1 TiB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5215M and Xeon Gold 5218.

PCI Express lanes

48

48

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	10	16
Threads	20	32
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt

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