Xeon Platinum 8268 vs Gold 5118

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	653	204
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	12.45	8.23
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Cascade Lake-SP (2019)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	11 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	$6,302
Current price	$472 (0.4x MSRP)	$3190 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5118 has 51% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8268.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	24	48
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16.5 MB	35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	84 °C
Number of transistors	no data	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268 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)	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268. 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5118 and Xeon Platinum 8268.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Platinum 8268 outperforms Gold 5118 by 107% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	10.77	22.30
Recency	11 July 2017	11 December 2018
Physical cores	12	24
Threads	24	48
Cost	$1273	$6302
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	205 Watt

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