Itanium 9720 vs Xeon Gold 5218R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218R and Itanium 9720 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	440	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	21.67	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	11.79	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	1 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218R and Itanium 9720 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	40	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	no data
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	1.25 MB	no data
L2 cache	20 MB	no data
L3 cache	27.5 MB	20 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218R and Itanium 9720 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.

Socket	FCLGA3647	LGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Itanium 9720. 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)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
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 5218R and Itanium 9720 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Itanium 9720 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Itanium 9720. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	no data
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	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Itanium 9720.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 February 2020	1 April 2017
Physical cores	20	4
Threads	40	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	130 Watt

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