Xeon Gold 5318N vs E5-2690 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking887not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.09no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency6.18no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,697no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2048
Base clock speed3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm10 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature88 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size768 GB6 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Gold 5318N.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4064

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 6 April 2021
Physical cores 10 24
Threads 20 48
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E5-2690 v2 has 15.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 140% more physical cores and 140% more threads, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

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