EPYC 9555 vs Xeon Gold 5218R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	446	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	21.28	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	11.80	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Turin (2024)
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	$9,826

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	40	128
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	1.25 MB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	20 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	27.5 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	8x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	66,520 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555 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	no data	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555. 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	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and EPYC 9555.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 February 2020	10 October 2024
Physical cores	20	64
Threads	40	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	360 Watt

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