Xeon Gold 5218 vs VIA Nano U2250
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5218 outperforms Nano U2250 by a whopping 12140% 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 | 3651 | 704 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.41 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | VIA Nano | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | no data | 10.50 |
| Designer | VIA | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Isaiah (2009) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 1 January 2009 (16 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
VIA Nano U2250 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 | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 87 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on VIA Nano U2250 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 | NanoBGA2 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by VIA Nano U2250 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) | 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 | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
VIA Nano U2250 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 VIA Nano U2250 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 VIA Nano U2250 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 VIA Nano U2250 and Xeon Gold 5218.
| 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 | 0.10 | 12.24 |
| Recency | 1 January 2009 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 16 |
| Threads | 1 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 125 Watt |
VIA Nano U2250 has 12400% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5218, on the other hand, has a 12140% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 is our recommended choice as it beats the VIA Nano U2250 in performance tests.
Be aware that VIA Nano U2250 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5218 is a server/workstation one.
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