Xeon Gold 5318H vs Opteron 152
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5318H outperforms Opteron 152 by a whopping 6850% 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 | 3376 | 420 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 0.10 | 4.70 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Venus (2004−2005) | Cooper Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 2 August 2005 (20 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Opteron 152 and Xeon Gold 5318H 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) | 18 (Octadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 36 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 24.75 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 115 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 114 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 152 and Xeon Gold 5318H 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 |
| Socket | 939 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Gold 5318H. 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) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Opteron 152 and Xeon Gold 5318H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Gold 5318H are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Gold 5318H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR4 RDIMM |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1.12 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 152 and Xeon Gold 5318H.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.24 | 16.68 |
| Recency | 2 August 2005 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 18 |
| Threads | 1 | 36 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 150 Watt |
Opteron 152 has 44.2% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5318H, on the other hand, has a 6850% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, 1700% more physical cores and 3500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5318H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron 152 in performance tests.
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