EPYC 8324PN vs Xeon Gold 5218
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5218 outperforms EPYC 8324PN by a whopping 158% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 704 | 1417 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.41 | 1.55 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.50 | 3.92 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Siena (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) | 18 September 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,273 | $2,125 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 5218 has 120% better value for money than EPYC 8324PN.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 8324PN 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 32 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.05 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 22 MB | 128 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Die size | no data | 4x 73 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 87 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 85 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 35,500 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 8324PN 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 | SP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 8324PN. 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 8324PN 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 Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 8324PN are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 8324PN. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2667 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and EPYC 8324PN.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 96 |
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 | 12.24 | 4.75 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 18 September 2023 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 32 |
| Threads | 32 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 130 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5218 has a 157.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 4% lower power consumption.
EPYC 8324PN, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD EPYC 8324PN in performance tests.
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