Xeon Gold 5318H: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5318H provides good benchmark performance at 19.15% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Xeon Gold 5318H sales 6 April 2021. This is a Cooper Lake-SP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 18 cores and 36 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4189 processor with a TDP of 150 Watt. It supports DDR4 RDIMM memory.
Primary details
Xeon Gold 5318H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Place in the ranking | 319 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Market segment | Server | |
Power efficiency | 11.64 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
Architecture codename | Cooper Lake-SP (2021) | |
Release date | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Physical cores | 18 (Octadeca-Core) | |
Threads | 36 | |
Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
L3 cache | 24.75 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
64 bit support | + | |
Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5318H compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | 4 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
Socket | FCLGA4189 | |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5318H. 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 | |
AES-NI | + | |
AVX | + | |
vPro | + | |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
Speed Shift | + | |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
TSX | + | |
Deep Learning Boost | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | + | |
EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
VT-d | + | |
VT-x | + | |
EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5318H's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4 RDIMM | |
Maximum memory size | 1.12 TB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
Max memory channels | 6 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
PCI Express lanes | 48 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 5318H. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon Gold 5318H is Xeon Platinum 8160, which is slower by 2% and lower by 11 positions in our ranking.
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