Xeon Platinum 8165 vs Gold 5218

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	516	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.86	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,273	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	32	48
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	no data
L2 cache	16 MB	no data
L3 cache	22 MB	33 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165. 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)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218 and Xeon Platinum 8165.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	1 October 2017
Physical cores	16	24
Threads	32	48
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	205 Watt

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