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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R vs Intel Core i9-13900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2020
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
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Q4/2022
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Intel Core i9-13900KF
Intel Core i9-13900KF

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 5218R or Intel Core i9-13900KF? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q1/2020.

Intel Core i9-13900KF has a base frequency of 3.00 GHz (5.80 GHz). 24 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    6 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    24 left arrow 20

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-13900KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    9 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    8 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    9 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    1 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    4 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    9 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    15 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    8 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
    1 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    1 place
  • Blender 3.1 Benchmark
    1 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
Intel Core i9-13900KF Intel Core i9-13900KF
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 13000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Intel Core i9-12900KF
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    - left arrow 8x Raptor Cove
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 16x Gracemont
  • Base Frequency
    2.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    20 left arrow 24
  • CPU Threads
    40 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (20 Cores)
    2.3 GHz left arrow -
  • A-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 3.00 GHz (5.80 GHz)
  • B-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 2.20 GHz (4.30 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.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
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 No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900KF and Intel Xeon Gold 5218R. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    1024 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-5600
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 89.6 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow 5.0 x 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 5218R and Intel Core i9-13900KF 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 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 253 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 5218R and Intel Core i9-13900KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Raptor Lake S
  • 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, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 32 MB
  • L3-Cache
    27.5 MB left arrow 36 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q4/2022
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Monolithic
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release price
    - left arrow 564 $

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R

Intel Core i9-13900KF

More results: 2

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900KF 12476.450699 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / PRIME Z790-P
Duration: 80.151 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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