Xeon Gold 5218 vs M-5Y10
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5218 outperforms Core M-5Y10 by a whopping 1217% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2769 | 721 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.21 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Core M | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 7.94 | 4.18 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell-Y (2014) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 5 September 2014 (11 years ago) | 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
Core M-5Y10 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 0.8 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 8 | 23 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 50 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 87 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1300 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core M-5Y10 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 | 1 | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1234 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4.5 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | 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 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Smart Response | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 5300 | no data |
| Max video memory | 16 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | no data |
| InTru 3D | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 2560x1600@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 2560x1600@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 11.2/12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core M-5Y10 and Xeon Gold 5218.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.94 | 12.38 |
| Recency | 5 September 2014 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 16 |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | 125 Watt |
M-5Y10 has 3025% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5218, on the other hand, has a 1217% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core M-5Y10 in performance tests.
Be aware that Core M-5Y10 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5218 is a server/workstation one.
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