Ryzen 7 5825C vs Xeon Gold 5218

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	495	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.39	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Barcelo (Zen 3) (2022)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	5 May 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C 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	no data	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	4.5 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C 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)	1
Socket	Socket P	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen 7 5825C.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	5 May 2022
Physical cores	16	8
Threads	32	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25 Watt

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