EPYC 7203 vs Xeon Gold 5218

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	539	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.71	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	10.32	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	5 September 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	32	16
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	8,300 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203 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)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7203.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	5 September 2023
Physical cores	16	8
Threads	32	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	120 Watt

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