Xeon E-2434 vs Gold 5218R

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking446not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation21.28no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency11.80no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,273$293

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads408
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s16 GT/s
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1.25 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache20 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1 TB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2020 14 December 2023
Physical cores 20 4
Threads 40 8
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon Gold 5218R has 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

Xeon E-2434, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5218R and Xeon E-2434. We've got no test results to judge.


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