Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs Xeon Gold 5218
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 outperforms Xeon Gold 5218 by a whopping 126% 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 | 596 | 159 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 13.55 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.35 | 53.12 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Strix Halo (2025) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,273 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen AI Max+ 395 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 32 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 22 MB | 64 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 70.6 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 87 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen AI Max+ 395 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 | FP11 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 55 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen AI Max+ 395. 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 | USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A |
| 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 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 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 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 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 Ryzen AI Max+ 395. 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 | AMD Radeon 8060S |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Ryzen AI Max+ 395.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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 | 13.51 | 30.52 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 6 January 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 55 Watt |
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has a 125.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 127.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Gold 5218 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5218 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is a notebook one.
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