Xeon Gold 5218B vs Gold 5217

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking785not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.70no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency7.99no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,522$1,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3023
L1 cache512 KB1 MB
L2 cache8 MB16 MB
L3 cache11 MB22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °C87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and Xeon Gold 5218B.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Gold 5217 has 8.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5218B, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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