Xeon Gold 5318H vs Silver 4214R

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4214R
2020
12 cores / 24 threads, 100 Watt
11.50
Xeon Gold 5318H
2021
18 cores / 36 threads, 150 Watt
18.45
+60.4%

Xeon Gold 5318H outperforms Xeon Silver 4214R by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking683325
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation25.50no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency10.8811.63
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$705no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads2436
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache768 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache12 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16.5 MB24.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H 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 data4
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size1 TB1.12 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 Silver 4214R 11.50
Xeon Gold 5318H 18.45
+60.4%

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 Silver 4214R 18275
Xeon Gold 5318H 29301
+60.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.50 18.45
Recency 24 February 2020 6 April 2021
Physical cores 12 18
Threads 24 36
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Silver 4214R has 50% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318H, on the other hand, has a 60.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5318H is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4214R in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4214R and Xeon Gold 5318H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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