Intel Xeon Gold 5218
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218 vs Intel Core i5-1038NG7. Specifications

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Released
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218
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Intel Core i5-1038NG7
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What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 5218 or Intel Core i5-1038NG7? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 has a base frequency of 2.00 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 28 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 15% better clock speed

    2.30 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    16 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 3% higher specified turbo frequency

    3.90 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 5218 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    130 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    206 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    28 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-1038NG7 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    212 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    232 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    218 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    262 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    202 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    367 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    319 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    421 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    273 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 left arrow Intel Core i 1000G/10000U
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 10
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.3 GHz left arrow 2 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.9 GHz left arrow 3.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    2.7 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 64
  • Generation
    - left arrow 11
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel Iris Plus Graphics (Ice Lake G7)
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 1050 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2019
  • Shader
    - left arrow 512
  • Technology
    - left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-1038NG7 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-3200LPDDR4-3733
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 16
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 5218 and Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    125 W left arrow 28 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 5218 and Intel Core i5-1038NG7, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Ice Lake U
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    22 MB left arrow 6 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q2/2020
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow BGA 1344
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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