Xeon Gold 6126T vs Gold 5218N
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 25 April 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,375 | $1,865 |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 32 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | 26 |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 22 MB | 19.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 81 °C | 89 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T 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) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T. 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® 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 | - | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T. 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 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 25 April 2017 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 12 |
| Threads | 32 | 24 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5218N has an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and 13.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Gold 6126T. We've got no test results to judge.
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