Xeon Silver 4516Y vs Gold 5218N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)no data
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,375no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3248
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache1 MBno data
L2 cache16 MBno data
L3 cache22 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °C81 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Silver 4516Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Silver 4516Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 1 October 2023
Physical cores 16 24
Threads 32 48
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon Gold 5218N has 68.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4516Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

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