Xeon E-2456 vs Gold 5218B

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated539
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data84.01
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data16.29
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,273$375

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3212
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s16 GT/s
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache1 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache22 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456 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)1
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1 TB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E-2456.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 16 6
Threads 32 12
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 80 Watt

Xeon Gold 5218B has 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

Xeon E-2456, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 56.3% lower power consumption.

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