Xeon Platinum 8124 vs Gold 5218

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	541	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.80	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	10.32	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	32	36
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	23	30
L1 cache	1 MB	1.125 MB
L2 cache	16 MB	18 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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)	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8124. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
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 Xeon Platinum 8124 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 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8124 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
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 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8124.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	16	18
Threads	32	36
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	240 Watt

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