Xeon Gold 5318N vs Silver 4314

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking331not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency12.79no data
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3248
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)86 °C83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N. 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 Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size6 TB6 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318N.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes6464

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 16 24
Threads 32 48
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Silver 4314 has 11.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318N, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

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