Xeon Gold 5418Y vs W-3235

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon W-3235
2019
12 cores / 24 threads, 180 Watt
16.71
Xeon Gold 5418Y
2023
24 cores / 48 threads, 185 Watt
29.07
+74%

Xeon Gold 5418Y outperforms Xeon W-3235 by an impressive 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking409164
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.0154.49
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Wno data
Power efficiency8.4714.33
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date3 June 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,398$1,493

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5418Y has 203% better value for money than Xeon W-3235.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2448
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier33no data
L1 cache768 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache12 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache19.25 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y 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)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® 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++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3235 and Xeon Gold 5418Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes6480

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-3235 16.71
Xeon Gold 5418Y 29.07
+74%

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-3235 25578
Xeon Gold 5418Y 44487
+73.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.71 29.07
Recency 3 June 2019 10 January 2023
Physical cores 12 24
Threads 24 48
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon W-3235 has 2.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5418Y, on the other hand, has a 74% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5418Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon W-3235 in performance tests.


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