Xeon Gold 5318H vs W-2170B

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon W-2170B
2017
14 cores / 28 threads, 140 Watt
15.15
Xeon Gold 5318H
2021
18 cores / 36 threads, 150 Watt
18.45
+21.8%

Xeon Gold 5318H outperforms Xeon W-2170B by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2170B and Xeon Gold 5318H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking466325
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Wno data
Power efficiency10.2411.64
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date21 December 2017 (7 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2170B 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads2836
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache19.25 MB (shared)24.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)66 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2170B 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)4
Socket2066FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2170B and Xeon Gold 5318H. 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+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2170B and Xeon Gold 5318H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2170B and Xeon Gold 5318H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2170B and Xeon Gold 5318H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size512 GB1.12 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2170B 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 W-2170B 15.15
Xeon Gold 5318H 18.45
+21.8%

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 W-2170B 24070
Xeon Gold 5318H 29301
+21.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.15 18.45
Recency 21 December 2017 6 April 2021
Physical cores 14 18
Threads 28 36
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon W-2170B has 7.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318H, on the other hand, has a 21.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 28.6% more physical cores and 28.6% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5318H is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon W-2170B in performance tests.


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