Xeon Gold 5218 vs Celeron M 340
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5218 outperforms Celeron M 340 by a whopping 9323% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3614 | 707 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.38 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Celeron M | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | no data | 10.50 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Banias (2003) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | no data | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,273 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 340 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | no data | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 512 KB L2 | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 87 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| VID voltage range | 1.356V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 340 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 configuration | no data | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | PPGA478 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 24.5 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 340 and Xeon Gold 5218. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | - | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Celeron M 340 and Xeon Gold 5218 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 340 and Xeon Gold 5218 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 340 and Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 340 and Xeon Gold 5218.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.13 | 12.25 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 16 |
| Threads | 1 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 24 Watt | 125 Watt |
Celeron M 340 has 420.8% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5218, on the other hand, has a 9323.1% higher aggregate performance score, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron M 340 in performance tests.
Be aware that Celeron M 340 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5218 is a server/workstation one.
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