EPYC 7543 vs Xeon Gold 5218

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7543 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	540	77
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.70	7.63
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	10.32	16.13
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	$3,761

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5218 has 93% better value for money than EPYC 7543.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7543 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)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	32	64
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	28
L1 cache	1 MB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm+
Die size	no data	8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7543 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	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7543. 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
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 7543 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 7543 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 7543. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
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 7543.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.63	38.34
Recency	2 April 2019	15 March 2021
Physical cores	16	32
Threads	32	64
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	225 Watt

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