Xeon Gold 5218N vs Opteron 4340
Primary details
Comparing Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Architecture codename | Seoul (2012) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 4 December 2012 (11 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,375 |
Detailed specifications
Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 6 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 288 KB | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 6144 KB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB (shared) | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 81 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N 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 | 2 | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | C32 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 110 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N. 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 | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Launched |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N 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 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | 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 Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 December 2012 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 16 |
| Threads | 6 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 110 Watt |
Opteron 4340 has 15.8% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5218N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 166.7% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Opteron 4340 and Xeon Gold 5218N, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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