Ultra 5 225F vs Xeon Gold 5220

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking463not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.86no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency11.52no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)January 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$1,555no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads3610
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.125 MB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache18 MB3 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB21 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F 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)1
SocketFCLGA36471851
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
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 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4820

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 18 10
Threads 36 10
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 5220 has 80% more physical cores and 260% more threads.

Ultra 5 225F, on the other hand, has a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 92.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5220 and Core Ultra 5 225F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5220 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 225F is a desktop one.


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