Xeon Gold 5218R vs Gold 6161

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated446
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.28
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data11.80
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release dateno data24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads4440
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2221
L1 cache1.375 MB1.25 MB
L2 cache22 MB20 MB
L3 cache30.25 MB27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R 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)no data
SocketSocket PFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 5218R.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 22 20
Threads 44 40
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Gold 6161 has 10% more physical cores and 10% more threads.

Xeon Gold 5218R, on the other hand, has 32% lower power consumption.

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