Celeron 3215U vs Xeon Gold 5118
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5118 outperforms Celeron 3215U by a whopping 1424% 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 | 942 | 3017 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.08 | 0.05 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 9.67 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Broadwell (2015−2019) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 1 June 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,273 | $107 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 5118 has 2060% better value for money than Celeron 3215U.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 16.5 MB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 82 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 81 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1300 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCBGA1168 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| TSX | + | - |
| 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 | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U 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 Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel Processors |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 850 MHz |
| InTru 3D | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 11.2/12 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Celeron 3215U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 12 |
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 | 9.45 | 0.62 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 1 June 2015 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 2 |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5118 has a 1424.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.
Celeron 3215U, on the other hand, has 600% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5118 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron 3215U in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5118 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 3215U is a notebook one.
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