Intel Xeon Gold 5218
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218 vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2019
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Released
Q1/2016
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Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 5218 or Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 has a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. 16 Cores. Power consumption of 125 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 22 Cores. Power consumption of 145 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 4% better clock speed

    2.30 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 8% better overclocked clock speed

    3.90 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    125 W left arrow 145 W

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
    210 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    455 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.38 times more cores

    22 left arrow 16

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    345 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    61 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    515 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    118 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    439 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    49 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1052 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    38 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    101 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    4 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    534 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    14 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    186 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 6
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.30 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 22
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.90 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 44
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 4
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 40
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 5218 and Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    125 W left arrow 145 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 5218 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    22.00 MB left arrow 55.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Broadwell E
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q1/2016

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon Gold 5218 and Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
21189
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
23435
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

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