Xeon Platinum 8454H vs Gold 5218B

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	70
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	10.44
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	no data	13.76
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	$6,540

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H 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	2.1 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	80K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	82.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H 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
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H. 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	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon Platinum 8454H.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	10 January 2023
Physical cores	16	32
Threads	32	64
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	270 Watt

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