Xeon Gold 5218 vs L5520

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon L5520
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 60 Watt
1.43
Xeon Gold 5218
2019
16 cores / 32 threads, 125 Watt
13.63
+853%

Xeon Gold 5218 outperforms Xeon L5520 by a whopping 853% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2197548
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.7514.44
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency2.2610.32
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$100$1,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5218 has 1825% better value for money than Xeon L5520.

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads832
Base clock speed2.26 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.48 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1 MB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)16 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)22 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size263 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature70 °C87 °C
Number of transistors731 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218. 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-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size144 GB1 TB
Max memory channels36
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Xeon L5520 1.43
Xeon Gold 5218 13.63
+853%

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.

Xeon L5520 2274
Xeon Gold 5218 21651
+852%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon L5520 424
Xeon Gold 5218 1157
+173%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon L5520 1882
Xeon Gold 5218 8111
+331%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 13.63
Recency 30 March 2009 2 April 2019
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 8 32
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon L5520 has 108.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5218, on the other hand, has a 853.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5218 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon L5520 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon L5520 and Xeon Gold 5218, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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